ANTENNA APPARATUS
First Claim
1. An antenna apparatus, comprising:
- an antenna element;
a feed unit;
an antenna matching circuit connected between the antenna element and a feed unit;
a capacitance detection circuit connected to the antenna element and configured to detect stray capacitance of the antenna element; and
a feedback control circuit that controls the antenna matching circuit in accordance with an output signal of the capacitance detection circuit.
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Abstract
This disclosure provides an antenna apparatus in which stable antenna characteristics are maintained by detecting surrounding conditions that affect the antenna characteristics and appropriately compensating the antenna characteristics. More specifically, when surrounding condition such as a human body (e.g., a palm or fingers) approaches and enters an electric field of a pseudo dipole formed by an antenna element electrode, a stray capacitance is sensed and stable antenna characteristics are maintained by appropriately controlling an antenna matching circuit to compensate for a change in the antenna characteristics due to the approach of the surrounding condition.
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1. An antenna apparatus, comprising:
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an antenna element; a feed unit; an antenna matching circuit connected between the antenna element and a feed unit; a capacitance detection circuit connected to the antenna element and configured to detect stray capacitance of the antenna element; and a feedback control circuit that controls the antenna matching circuit in accordance with an output signal of the capacitance detection circuit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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