US 12,476,586 B2
Flexible electronic devices
Richard Field, III, Scotsdale, AZ (US); Steven Wolgast, Scottsdale, AZ (US); Olga Griffith, Scottsdale, AZ (US); Adam Barito, Scottsdale, AZ (US); and J. Norman Allen, Scottsdale, AZ (US)
Assigned to NanoFlex Power Corporation, Scottsdale, AZ (US)
Filed by NanoFlex Power Corporation, Scottsdale, AZ (US)
Filed on Nov. 14, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/389,493.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/383,569, filed on Nov. 14, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0162857 A1, May 16, 2024
Int. Cl. H10K 39/10 (2023.01); H02J 7/35 (2006.01); H02S 40/38 (2014.01); H05K 1/02 (2006.01)
CPC H02S 40/38 (2014.12) [H02J 7/35 (2013.01); H05K 1/028 (2013.01); H10K 39/10 (2023.02); H05K 2201/10098 (2013.01); H05K 2201/10151 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A photovoltaic powered flexible electronic device, comprising: a flexible photovoltaic module; a cathode electrode and a anode electrode incorporated into the flexible photovoltaic module, wherein the cathode electrode and the anode electrode are at least partially exposed; and a flexible circuit board, wherein the flexible circuit board is attached to one of the following: (a) the flexible photovoltaic module, (b) a flexible substrate located on the flexible photovoltaic module, and (c) an adhesive located on the flexible photovoltaic module, the flexible circuit board comprising: a recharging circuit comprising a power management device, wherein the recharging circuit is electrically connected to the cathode electrode and anode electrode; an energy storage unit; and a radio emitting device, wherein the photovoltaic powered flexible electronic device comprises a Young's Modulus of 150 GPa or less, wherein the radio emitting device is configured to not affect the bending radius of the photovoltaic powered flexible electronic device.