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US 9,851,697 B2Granted
Electronic apparatus equipped with solar panel
AssigneeCasio Computer Co., Ltd.
InventorsYuta Saito, Makoto Sawada, Junro Yano
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Abstract
Disclosed is an electronic apparatus including a dial plate having light transparency, a module including an antenna for receiving circularly polarized waves which is disposed below the dial plate, the antenna having a radiation electrode, and a solar panel disposed between the dial plate and the module, wherein the solar panel includes a common substrate, a plurality of solar cells disposed on the common substrate, and an inactive segment disposed on the common substrate at a place corresponding to the place of the radiation electrode.
Claims5
An electronic apparatus comprising:
- a dial plate having light transparency;
- a module including an antenna for receiving circularly polarized waves which is disposed below the dial plate, the antenna having a radiation electrode;
- and
- a solar panel disposed between the dial plate and the module,
- wherein the solar panel includes:
- a common substrate;
- a plurality of solar cells disposed on the common substrate;
- and
- an inactive segment disposed on the common substrate at a place corresponding to a place of the radiation electrode, and
- wherein the inactive segment includes:
- a non-conductive area formed of a non-conductive material, the non-conductive area being disposed over and along an outer edge of the radiation electrode;
- and
- a dummy cell disposed inside the non-conductive area, each of the dummy cell and the solar cells comprising a laminated structure of a first electrode layer, a semiconductor layer, and a transparent electrode layer,
- wherein:
- the solar cells, the non-conductive area and the dummy cell are disposed on a same plane, and the solar cells, the non-conductive area, and the dummy cell each have a same height and a same thickness;
- and
- the non-conductive area includes a substantially rectangular outer frame disposed outside an outline corresponding to the outer edge of the radiation electrode, and a substantially rectangular inner frame disposed inside the outline.
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