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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2015
Filed:
May. 10, 2012
Robert Baragona, Conshohocken, PA (US);
Matthew Robert Blakeley, Macungie, PA (US);
Robert Bollinger, Jr., Fogelsville, PA (US);
Orbay Tuncay, Allentown, PA (US);
Robert Baragona, Conshohocken, PA (US);
Matthew Robert Blakeley, Macungie, PA (US);
Robert Bollinger, Jr., Fogelsville, PA (US);
Orbay Tuncay, Allentown, PA (US);
LUTRON ELECTRONICS CO., INC., Coopersburg, PA (US);
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.