LTE antenna optimized for North American electricity meters

One or more hardware-based non-transitory memory devices storing computer-readable instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors disposed in a computing device, cause the computing device to:

• obtain a carrier having first and second asymmetrical voids on a surface;
• attach a backer on a first side of the surface of the carrier;
• attach a first and a second structure on a second side of the carrier, the first and second structures having a first connection to the backer via the first asymmetrical void, the first structure having a plurality of substantially parallel first horizontal ridges and first and second non-parallel vertical ridges, the second structure having a plurality of substantially parallel second horizontal ridges and third and fourth non-parallel vertical ridges;
• and
• attach a third and a fourth structure on the second side of the carrier, the third and fourth structures having a second connection to the backer via the second asymmetrical void, the third structure having a plurality of substantially parallel third horizontal ridges and a plurality of third vertical ridges, wherein at least one of the third vertical ridges has a first separation from one of the substantially parallel third horizontal ridges, the fourth structure having a plurality of substantially parallel fourth horizontal ridges and a plurality of fourth vertical ridges, wherein at least one of the fourth vertical ridges has a second separation from one of the substantially parallel fourth horizontal ridges.

A electric power meter comprising:

• a first antenna module;
• and
• a plurality of second antennas;
• wherein the first antenna module includes an isolation component, a carrier assembly component, a radio, and an additional antenna, and wherein the isolation component isolates the carrier assembly component, the radio, and the additional antenna from each other, and
• wherein the carrier assembly component comprises a carrier having first and second asymmetrical voids on a surface, a backer on a first side of the surface of the carrier, a first and a second structure on a second side of the carrier, the first and second structures having a first connection to the backer via the first asymmetrical void, and a third and a fourth structure on the second side of the carrier, the third and fourth structures having a second connection to the backer via the second asymmetrical void,
• the first structure having a plurality of substantially parallel first horizontal ridges and first and second non-parallel vertical ridges, the second structure having a plurality of substantially parallel second horizontal ridges and third and fourth non-parallel vertical ridges, the third structure having a plurality of substantially parallel third horizontal ridges and a plurality of third vertical ridges, wherein at least one of the third vertical ridges has a first separation from one of the substantially parallel third horizontal ridges, the fourth structure having a plurality of substantially parallel fourth horizontal ridges and a plurality of fourth vertical ridges, wherein at least one of the fourth vertical ridges has a second separation from one of the substantially parallel fourth horizontal ridges.