Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Load control device having an electrically isolated antenna
- Patent Title (中): 具有电隔离天线的负载控制装置
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Application No.: US13468914Application Date: 2012-05-10
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Publication No.: US09155172B2Publication Date: 2015-10-06
- Inventor: Robert Baragona , Matthew Robert Blakeley , Robert Bollinger, Jr. , Orbay Tuncay
- Applicant: Robert Baragona , Matthew Robert Blakeley , Robert Bollinger, Jr. , Orbay Tuncay
- Applicant Address: US PA Coopersburg
- Assignee: LUTRON ELECTRONICS CO., INC.
- Current Assignee: LUTRON ELECTRONICS CO., INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US PA Coopersburg
- Agency: Condo Roccia Koptiw LLP
- Main IPC: H02H11/00
- IPC: H02H11/00 ; H05B37/02 ; H01Q1/00 ; H01Q1/22 ; H05K1/02 ; H05K1/16

Abstract:
A load control device for controlling the power delivered from a power source to an electrical load includes an antenna and a communication circuit to receive and transmit messages via radio frequency (RF) signals. The communication circuit is coupled to the power source but is capacitively coupled to the antenna. The capacitive coupling is formed through multiple layers of a printed circuit board (PCB) in which each layer includes a conductive trace that neighbors another conductive trace on an adjacent layer. The capacitive coupling provides that the antenna is electrically isolated from the communication circuit which accordingly, provides that the antenna is electrically isolated from the power source.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120313456A1 LOAD CONTROL DEVICE HAVING AN ELECTRICALLY ISOLATED ANTENNA Public/Granted day:2012-12-13
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