Patent ID: 9155172
Filing Date: 2015-10-06
Classification: H01Q,H05B,H05K

Abstract:
1. A load control device operable to control the amount of power delivered to a load from an AC power source, the load control device comprising: a printed circuit board comprising a first layer comprising a first trace and a second layer comprising a second trace, the first and second traces being positioned parallel to one another; an enclosure containing the printed circuit board; a communication circuit electrically coupled to the first trace; and a wire monopole antenna electrically coupled to the second trace, the wire monopole antenna being adjustable into one or more positions, a first position of the one or more positions including the wire monopole antenna extending freely from the enclosure, the first position increasing a range of reception of the wire monopole antenna relative to the wire monopole antenna not extending freely from the enclosure; wherein the first trace is oriented to form a capacitive coupling with respect to the second trace, such that the antenna is capacitively coupled to the communication circuit.