Provides are a phase shifter and a communication apparatus. The phase shifter includes a substrate; a signal transmission line on one side of the substrate; a first ground wire and a second ground wire on the same side of the substrate as the signal transmission line, the first and second ground wires are on two sides of the signal transmission line; and capacitance bridges on one side away from the substrate, of a layer where the signal transmission line is, the capacitance bridges are connected with the first and second ground wires, the capacitance bridges span the signal transmission line and are sequentially arrayed in an extension direction of signal transmission line, there is a gap between the capacitance bridges and the signal transmission line in a direction perpendicular to substrate, critical bias voltages are different when capacitance between the capacitance bridges and the signal transmission line reaches the maximum.