Patent attributes
In an antenna structure in which a base is mounted in a ground region on a circuit board, the base having formed thereon a driven radiating electrode and a parasitic radiating electrode, the parasitic radiating electrode causing multiple resonance at least in a harmonic resonant frequency band of the driven radiating electrode, capacitance loading means for loading a capacitance to a harmonic-mode zero voltage region of the driven radiating electrode is provided. The capacitance loading means is electrically connected to a ground electrode in the ground region on the circuit board via a grounding conduction path and switching means. By switching the switching means ON/OFF, capacitance loading by the capacitance loading means to the harmonic-mode zero voltage region of the driven radiating electrode is switched ON/OFF to switch a base resonant frequency in a base resonant frequency band of the driven radiating electrode.