An electrical control device for controlling the status of a controlled
electrical device, the electrical control device comprising a power
conducting semiconductor device for controlling the status of the
controlled electrical device; a control circuit; a transmitter and/or
receiver in communication with the control circuit; and an antenna
coupled to the transmitter and/or receiver; the antenna adapted to
receive a first signal at a specified frequency from a remote control
device and/or transmit a second signal at a specified frequency to a
remote control device; wherein the transmitter is operable to couple the
first signal from the antenna to the control circuit for remotely
controlling the controllably conductive device and/or couple the second
signal from the control circuit for providing a status of said controlled
electrical device, the antenna comprising a first loop of conductive
material having a capacitance and an inductance; the capacitance and the
inductance forming a circuit being resonant at the specified frequency; a
second loop of conductive material having two ends adapted to be
electrically coupled to a control circuit, the second loop being
substantially only magnetically coupled to the first loop; the first and
second loops each having a loop axis, the loop axes of the first and
second loops being substantially parallel or coincident.