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Antenna assembly for subsurface meter pits

US6300907A · kind A · utility

32Cited by
13References
12Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJan 25, 2000
Grant dateOct 9, 2001
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Expiry dateJan 25, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01Q9/46
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An antenna assembly (10) for subsurface utility metering equipment includes a disk-shaped radiating element (50) which is connected through a wire (51) having a self-inductance to a capacitor C and then to a ground plane (41) and a connector (31) for a coaxial cable (30) to provide an LC circuit for impedance matching of the antenna assembly (10) to a transmitter.

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