Meter antenna
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1. An antenna arrangement for a conventional utility meter having a cover and metallic infrastructure plus RF communications capability, comprising a slot antenna formed to fit under the cover and cooperating with said RF communications capability.
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Abstract
The antenna configuration presented is an integral component of a retrofit module designed to incorporate a data telemetry transceiver within the confines of a utility meter.
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- 1. An antenna arrangement for a conventional utility meter having a cover and metallic infrastructure plus RF communications capability, comprising a slot antenna formed to fit under the cover and cooperating with said RF communications capability.
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3. An antenna arrangement for a conventional utility meter having a cover, metallic infrastructure and RF communications capability, comprising:
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(a) an antenna with a radiating/receiving element and that is formed to fit under the cover and (b) a dominant metallic structure that is physically closer to the said radiating/receiving element than the metallic infrastructure is to said radiating/receiving element.
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4. A method of managing the varying effects of differing incumbent metallic infrastructures on the performance of a radiating/receiving element of an antenna, comprising the steps of:
(a) inserting a metallic structure closer to the radiating/receiving element than the incumbent metallic infrastructure. - View Dependent Claims (5)
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