Antenna for base station of wireless remote-control system
AssigneeLear Corporation
InventorsFrank Buccinna, Kapil Jadhav, Riad Ghabra, Osman Ahmed
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Abstract
An antenna for a receiver, a transmitter, and/or a transceiver of a base station of a wireless remote-control system is provided. The antenna includes a printed circuit board (PCB) and a metallic stamped antenna structure. The antenna structure is directly mounted on the PCB. The antenna structure includes a lineal antenna body and legs. The antenna body and the legs are unitary with one another. The legs extend from the antenna body and are mechanically mounted to the PCB to support the antenna body over the PCB with the antenna body lying above the PCB within a plane.
Claims14
An antenna comprising:
- a printed circuit board (PCB);
- and
- a metallic stamped antenna structure directly mounted on the PCB, the antenna structure including a lineal antenna body and a plurality of legs, the antenna body and the legs being unitary with one another, the antenna body having at least one antenna segment partially surrounding an interior devoid of the antenna body and forming a boundary of the antenna body, the at least one antenna segment and the interior devoid of the antenna body lying within a plane, the legs formed within the boundary of the antenna body and extending along the plane from at least one of the at least one antenna segment into the interior devoid of the antenna body and therefrom extending within the boundary of the antenna body out of the plane to the PCB and being mechanically mounted to the PCB within an orthogonal projection of the boundary of the antenna body onto the PCB to support the antenna body over the PCB with the antenna body lying above the PCB within the plane;
- wherein the antenna structure is made from a single metal blank having a planar profile;
- and
- wherein the legs are bent out from planar profile of the single metal blank with the antenna body remaining in the planar profile of the single metal blank.
A base station of a wireless remote-control system, comprising:
- an antenna;
- an electrical component electrically connected to the antenna, wherein the electrical component is a receiver for receiving communications via the antenna, a transmitter for transmitting communications via the antenna, and/or a transceiver for receiving and transmitting communications via the antenna;
- a controller for controlling a function of a target device in accordance with the communications;
- and
- wherein the antenna includes a printed circuit board (PCB) and a metallic stamped antenna structure directly mounted on the PCB, the antenna structure including a lineal antenna body and a plurality of legs, the antenna body and the legs being unitary with one another, the antenna body having at least one antenna segment partially surrounding an interior devoid of the antenna body and forming a boundary of the antenna body, the at least one antenna segment and the interior devoid of the antenna body lying within a plane, the legs formed within the boundary of the antenna body and extending along the plane from at least one of the at least one antenna segment into the interior devoid of the antenna body and therefrom extending within the boundary of the antenna body out of the plane to the PCB and being mechanically mounted to the PCB within an orthogonal projection of the boundary of the antenna body onto the PCB to support the antenna body over the PCB with the antenna body lying above the PCB within the plane;
- wherein the antenna structure is made from a single metal blank having a planar profile;
- and
- wherein the legs are bent out from planar profile of the single metal blank with the antenna body remaining in the planar profile of the single metal blank.
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