Meter antenna
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1. A method for use with differing metallic infrastructures of resource-measuring meters, to minimize the effects on the performance of a first RF radiating/receiving element located within one such infrastructure due to its interactions with said such one infrastructure, comprising the step of placing a first metallic structure physically closer to said first RF radiating/receiving element than said such one infrastructure is.
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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. A method for use with differing metallic infrastructures of resource-measuring meters, to minimize the effects on the performance of a first RF radiating/receiving element located within one such infrastructure due to its interactions with said such one infrastructure, comprising the step of placing a first metallic structure physically closer to said first RF radiating/receiving element than said such one infrastructure is.
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17. An RF telemetry unit for use with resource-measuring meters having differing metallic infrastructures, comprising:
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(a) a first RF radiating/receiving element locatable within one such infrastructure; and
(b) a first metallic structure located physically closer to said first RF radiating/receiving element than any said one such infrastructure is when said first RF radiating/receiving element is located within said one such infrastructure. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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