Patent ID: 8018344
Filing Date: 2011-09-13
Classification: H04B,H04Q

Abstract:
1. A wireless communication apparatus, comprising: an antenna unit; a switch module, coupled to the antenna unit; a first wireless communication circuit, coupled to the antenna unit, for performing radio-frequency identification (RFID) communication via the antenna unit; and a second wireless communication circuit, coupled to the switch module, for controlling a state of the switch module to perform RFID communication via the antenna unit; wherein both the first and second wireless communication circuits use the antenna unit, and the switch module has a switching element, a first transmission terminal of the first wireless communication circuit is coupled to a first end of the antenna unit, a first transmission terminal of the second wireless communication circuit is coupled to a second end of the antenna unit and a first end of the switching element; and a second transmission terminal of the second wireless communication circuit is coupled to a second end of the switching element and a second transmission terminal of the first wireless communication circuit.