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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 06, 2012
Applicant:
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 1/24 (2006.01); H01Q 9/42 (2006.01); H01Q 21/28 (2006.01); H01Q 5/00 (2015.01); H01Q 5/371 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 1/243 (2013.01); H01Q 5/371 (2015.01); H01Q 9/42 (2013.01); H01Q 21/28 (2013.01);
Abstract
An antenna apparatus includes first and second antenna elements. The first antenna element operates as a loop antenna that resonates at a first wavelength, and the antenna apparatus operates as an inverted-F antenna that resonates at a second wavelength. The first antenna elements includes a first element portion formed to have a predetermined height from a surface of a dielectric substrate, and the second antenna element includes a second element portion which is formed to be substantially parallel to the first element portion at least at a predetermined distance apart from the first antenna element.