Embedded antenna apparatus for utility metering applications

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2007-03-27

2007-03-27

Chen, Shih-Chao (Department: 2821)

Communications: radio wave antennas

Antennas

Buried underground or submerged under water

C343S7000MS, C343S873000, C340S870020

Reexamination Certificate

active

10985267

ABSTRACT:
An embedded antenna for facilitating wireless transmission of utility meter data is disclosed, where in one embodiment an RF antenna is a part of the faceplate of the utility meter. In another embodiment the utility meter faceplate is a single-layer or a multi-layer printed circuit board (PCB) with the RF antenna printed on any desired layer. Such faceplates may be labeled to be viewable from outside of the meter housing and/or have openings to accommodate visual access to an output display of the meter consumption information.

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patent: 5847683 (1998-12-01), Wolfe et al.
patent: 6181294 (2001-01-01), Porter et al.
patent: 6657552 (2003-12-01), Belski et al.
patent: 6778099 (2004-08-01), Meyer et al.

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