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US 2003/0188776 A1Published application
Photovoltaic powered multimedia greeting cards and smart cards
AssigneeKonarka Technologies, Inc.
InventorsLian Li, Edmund Montello
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Abstract
A flexible photovoltaic cell integrated onto an active card, such as a greeting card or “smart” card, may be fabricated separately and then integrated with additional electronics on the active card. Alternatively, the photovoltaic cell may be fabricated on the active card itself, constituting, if desired, part or all of its surface design.
Claims60
A card comprising:
- an information module on the card for providing information to a user;
- and
- a flexible photovoltaic module also on the card for converting light into electricity, the photovoltaic module powering the information module.
A method of forming a display on a card, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a card;
- mounting on the card an information module that provides information to a user;
- and
- mounting on the card a flexible photovoltaic module coupled to the information module, the photovoltaic module converting light into electricity for the information module.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.