US 11,869,994 B2
Flexible solar-powered wireless communication device
Hendrik J. Volkerink, Palo Alto, CA (US); and Ajay Khoche, West San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by TRACKONOMY SYSTEMS, INC., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 13, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/643,920.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/130,331, filed on Dec. 23, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/124,791, filed on Dec. 12, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0190177 A1, Jun. 16, 2022
Int. Cl. H01L 31/0475 (2014.01); H01L 31/0392 (2006.01); H01L 31/048 (2014.01)
CPC H01L 31/0475 (2014.12) [H01L 31/03926 (2013.01); H01L 31/048 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A solar-powered tape node, comprising:
a flexible circuit;
a device layer positioned adjacent to the flexible circuit and between a flexible substrate and a flexible cover, the device layer having a plurality of electronic components, each component coupled the flexible circuit, the plurality of electronic components comprising:
a processor,
a memory, and
at least one wireless communication system;
the flexible cover positioned over the device layer and forming a non-adhesive side of the solar-powered tape node;
the flexible substrate having a first aperture in the flexible substrate;
a first adhesive layer on the flexible substrate on an exterior of the solar-powered tape node, the adhesive layer configured to adhere the solar-powered tape node to a surface of an object; and
a solar panel positioned within the first aperture and coupling with the flexible circuit, the solar panel having a light-receiving surface facing away from the flexible circuit and being operable to generate electrical power when light is incident on the light-receiving surface, wherein
the solar-powered tape node is configured to perform wireless communications with a plurality of wireless nodes of a wireless Internet-of-Things (TOT) system using the at least one wireless communication system.