US 11,990,673 B2
Electronic device with antenna integrated within a photovoltaic layer
Abu T. Sayem, Overland Park, 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 Jan. 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/648,888.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/287,864, filed on Dec. 9, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0187822 A1, Jun. 15, 2023
Int. Cl. H01Q 1/44 (2006.01); H01L 31/0445 (2014.01); 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;
a bezel coupled to an upper edge of the side wall of the housing, the bezel enclosing the display cover; and
a first antenna configured to wirelessly transmit signals, receive signals, or transmit and receive signals;
wherein the solar cell includes a substrate and a photovoltaic layer, the photovoltaic layer including a mesh of electrically conductive material positioned on the substrate and a first opening within the mesh; and
wherein the first antenna is formed by the first opening of the photovoltaic layer.