US 12,244,060 B2
Electronic device with antenna integrated within a photovoltaic layer
Abu T. Sayem, Olathe, KS (US); Juhi H. Godhwani, Lenexa, KS (US); Mohamed Bouchoucha, Les Pennes Mirabeau (FR); Jacob T. Zeller, Spring Hill, KS (US); John M. Kenkel, Kansas City, KS (US); Oliver R. F. Gagliano, Marseilles (FR); Georgios Atmatzakis, Olathe, KS (US); and Lionel J. Dupuy, Pourrieres (FR)
Assigned to Garmin International, Inc., Olathe, KS (US)
Filed by Garmin International, Inc., Olathe, KS (US)
Filed on Apr. 18, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/639,621.
Application 18/639,621 is a continuation of application No. 17/648,888, filed on Jan. 25, 2022, granted, now 11,990,673.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/287,864, filed on Dec. 9, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0266725 A1, Aug. 8, 2024
Int. Cl. H01L 31/0445 (2014.01); H01Q 1/44 (2006.01); H01Q 7/00 (2006.01); H01Q 9/06 (2006.01); H01Q 13/10 (2006.01)
CPC H01Q 1/44 (2013.01) [H01L 31/0445 (2014.12); H01Q 7/00 (2013.01); H01Q 9/06 (2013.01); H01Q 13/10 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device comprising:
a housing including a bottom wall and a side wall coupled to the bottom wall, the side wall and the bottom wall defining a portion of an internal cavity;
a display stack including a display cover and a solar cell configured to output an electric power having a power level corresponding to an intensity of light received by the solar cell, the solar cell including a substrate layer and a photovoltaic layer formed by a mesh of electrically conductive material above the substrate layer, the photovoltaic layer including a first region having an annular shape, a first opening in the mesh of electrically conductive material having a partial annular shape and positioned along a perimeter of the substrate and a second region positioned in an area enclosed by the first region and having a second opening in the mesh of electrically conductive material having a partial annular shape;
a bezel coupled to an upper edge of the side wall of the housing, the bezel enclosing the display cover;
a first antenna configured to wirelessly transmit signals, receive signals, or transmit and receive signals, the first antenna formed by the first opening in the first region of the photovoltaic layer of the solar cell; and
a second antenna configured to wirelessly transmit signals, receive signals, or transmit and receive signals, the second antenna formed by the second opening in the second region of the photovoltaic layer of the solar cell.