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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2013
Filed:
May. 11, 2009
Junnei Baba, Fukuoka, JP;
Masatoshi Ootsuka, Fukuoka, JP;
Tetsuya Ashizuka, Fukuoka, JP;
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An antenna apparatus that can be miniaturized without causing inference caused by antenna currents to be occurred if the high band of a dual band wireless system is close to the band of another wireless system in a wireless communication apparatus incorporating the dual band wireless system and another wireless system is provided. A first switchblocks passage of a signal of a high band (first frequency) and allows passage of a signal of a low band (second frequency). A second switchblocks passage of a signal of the low band (second frequency) and allows passage of a signal of the high band (first frequency). Accordingly, the antenna apparatus operates as a dipole antenna with no antenna current flowing into a feeder line at the first frequency and operates as a monopole antenna wherein a radiation element and a feeder line making up the dipole antenna becomes a radiation element at the second frequency lower than the first frequency.