Patent ID: 8145258

Claim:
A radio communication apparatus comprising: a first housing in which a first circuit board including an antenna unit is housed; a second housing in which a second circuit board is housed; a hinge unit arranged to connect the first housing and the second housing in an openable/closeable manner; a group of circuit connecting lines arranged to electrically connect a circuit of the first circuit board and a circuit of the second circuit board and to electrically connect a ground of the first circuit board and a ground of the second circuit board which act as an inductor; and a high dielectric member provided near the hinge unit; wherein the antenna unit is arranged to be positioned near an end portion opposite the hinge unit of the first circuit board; the hinge unit connects an end portion of one housing from among the first and second housings and a portion of the other housing, the portion being located farther inside than an end portion of the other housing, and a region extending from the portion of the other housing to the end portion of the other housing overlaps a region near the end portion of the one housing in a projection domain when the first and second housings are in an unfolded state; and the high dielectric member is arranged to be positioned between the regions overlapped when the first and second housings are in the unfolded state, spaced apart from the hinge unit in order to adjust a capacitance between the ground of the first circuit board and the ground of the second circuit board; wherein the group of circuit connecting lines and the high dielectric member form a parallel LC circuit; and the electrical lengths of the said first and second circuit boards can be adjusted by controlling the impedance of the parallel circuit while keeping the lengths of the first and second circuit boards constant.