Patent ID: 8326380

Claim:
A foldable portable wireless communication apparatus comprising: a first housing having at least one of a transmitter and an operation section; a second housing which has at least one of a receiver and a display section, and is rotatably linked with the first housing through a hinge section provided on one end portion of the first housing on a front face side thereof; a first antenna element provided in an area which is a back of the hinge section inside the first housing; a circuit board provided in an area not overlapping the hinge section inside the first housing, and having a radio-frequency circuit section mounted thereon; and a connection conductor which connects the first antenna element and a high frequency wave input/output point of the radio-frequency circuit section on the circuit board, extends along a lengthwise direction of the first housing in the vicinity of the high frequency wave input/output point, and is so configured into a monopole antenna as a second antenna element, and constitutes a predetermined wave antenna together with the first antenna element.