Communication apparatus and communication system
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorJun Morita
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Abstract
A communication apparatus configured to perform wireless communication includes a first dielectric body, and a second coupler provided on the first dielectric body and configured to be coupled to a first coupler included in another communication apparatus by electric field coupling or magnetic field coupling, wherein the second coupler includes a first conductor and a second conductor, and wherein the first dielectric body is provided with a hole, a recessed part, or a second dielectric body with a lower relative dielectric constant than a relative dielectric constant of the first dielectric body, in at least a portion of a region that is projected onto a region between the first conductor and the second conductor.
Claims12
A communication apparatus configured to transmit differential signals, comprising:
- a dielectric body;
- and
- a second coupler provided on the dielectric body and configured to be coupled to a first coupler included in another communication apparatus by electric field coupling or magnetic field coupling,
- wherein the second coupler includes a first conductor and a second conductor,
- wherein the first conductor communicates one of the differential signals,
- wherein the second conductor communicates the other of the differential signals, and
- wherein the dielectric body is provided with a hole in at least a portion of a region that is projected onto a region between the first conductor and the second conductor.
A communication apparatus configured to transmit differential signals, comprising:
- a second coupler configured to be coupled to a first coupler included in another communication apparatus by electric field coupling or magnetic field coupling;
- and
- a dielectric body provided between the first coupler and the second coupler,
- wherein the second coupler includes a first conductor and a second conductor,
- wherein the first conductor communicates one of the differential signals,
- wherein the second conductor communicates the other of the differential signals, and
- wherein the dielectric body is provided with a hole in at least a portion of a region that is projected onto a region between the first conductor and the second conductor.
A communication system comprising:
- a first communication apparatus configured to transmit differential signals, and
- a second communication apparatus configured to transmit differential signals,
- wherein the first communication apparatus includes a first coupler,
- wherein the second communication apparatus includes:
- a dielectric body;
- and
- a second coupler provided on the dielectric body and configured to be coupled to the first coupler by electric field coupling or magnetic field coupling,
- wherein the second coupler includes a first conductor and a second conductor,
- wherein the first conductor communicates one of the differential signals,
- wherein the second conductor communicates the other of the differential signals,
- wherein the dielectric body is provided with a hole in at least a portion of a region that is projected onto a region between the first conductor and the second conductor, and
- wherein the first conductor and the second conductor are flush with the dielectric body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.