Loop antenna and contactless IC card read/write apparatus

摘要

To provide a loop antenna capable of attenuating the distant electric field with the attenuation of the magnetic flux in the vicinity of an electromagnetic wave restrained, and a contactless IC card read/write apparatus. A loop antenna 10 has an electromagnetic wave shield 1 over at least one side of the loop antenna, the electromagnetic wave shield 1 comprising a plurality of electric conductors 2, a ground contact 3 for grounding the plurality of electric conductors and a lead wire 4 for connecting the plurality of electric conductors 2 to the ground contact 3. The plurality of electric conductors 2 are electrically connected via the lead wire 4 to the ground contact 3 and the plurality of electric conductors 2 are arranged so that the paths of the respective electric conductors 2 from any of their given points to the ground contact 3 via the lead wire 4 are determined uniformly.