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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2003
Riad Ghabra, Dearborn Heights, MI (US);
Argy Petros, Lake Worth, FL (US);
Jason T. Summerford, Dearborn, MI (US);
Qingfeng Tang, Novi, MI (US);
Riad Ghabra, Dearborn Heights, MI (US);
Argy Petros, Lake Worth, FL (US);
Jason T. Summerford, Dearborn, MI (US);
Qingfeng Tang, Novi, MI (US);
Lear Corporation, Southfield, MI (US);
Abstract
A low profile antenna for use in a vehicle remote communication system in accordance with the present invention includes a printed circuit board having a copper ground plane mounted on a first side thereof. A dielectric spacer is mounted to the first side of the printed circuit board. A lineal antenna trace is disposed on the dielectric spacer. The antenna also includes a transmission line having first and second signal conductors. The first conductor is coupled to a feed point on the lineal antenna trace and the second conductor is coupled to both the ground plane and a second point on the lineal antenna trace spaced from the feed point.