ELECTRONIC DEVICE EQUIPPED WITH ANTENNA DEVICE AND SOLAR PANEL

• US 20120105288A1
• Filed: 10/18/2011
• Published: 05/03/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/28/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Casio Computer Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Casio Computer Company Limited
• Inventors: Abe, Kazuaki
• Granted Patent: US 9,030,362 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 343/702
• CPC Class Codes: G04C 10/02 the power supply being a radioactive or photovoltaic source
• CPC Class Codes: G04G 21/04 using radio waves radio-controlled time-pieces G04R
• CPC Class Codes: G04R 60/10 inside cases

Abstract

Disclosed is an electronic device including an antenna device which is constituted by a plate like radiator being provided on a top surface side of a plate like dielectric and a plate like grounding conductor being provided on a back surface side of the plate like dielectric, a solar panel which is arranged on a top surface side of the antenna device and a circuit board which is arranged on a back surface side of the antenna device and electrically connected with an electrode formed at an outer circumference of the solar panel, and the outer circumference of the solar panel, excluding the electrode, is formed so as not to exceed outside from an outer circumference of the radiator, and the electrode projects outside from the outer circumference of the radiator and an outer circumference of the dielectric and is electrically connected with the circuit board at outside of the dielectric.

Claims

1. An electronic device, comprising:

an antenna device which is constituted by a plate like radiator being provided on a top surface side of a plate like dielectric and a plate like grounding conductor being provided on a back surface side of the plate like dielectric, the plate like dielectric being sandwiched by the plate like radiator and the plate like grounding conductor;

a solar panel which is arranged on a top surface side of the antenna device; and

a circuit board which is arranged on a back surface side of the antenna device and electrically connected with an electrode formed at an outer circumference of the solar panel;

wherein

the outer circumference of the solar panel, excluding the electrode, is formed so as not to exceed outside from an outer circumference of the radiator, and

the electrode projects outside from the outer circumference of the radiator and an outer circumference of the dielectric and is electrically connected with the circuit board at outside of the dielectric.

4. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein a cut-out portion is formed at the outer circumference of the radiator and the outer circumference of the solar panel does not exceed outside from a side of the cut-out portion which forms a bottom of the cut-out portion.

2. An electronic device, comprising:

an antenna device which is constituted by a plate like radiator being provided on a top surface side of a plate like dielectric and a plate like grounding conductor being provided on a back surface side of the plate like dielectric, the plate like dielectric being sandwiched by the plate like radiator and the plate like grounding conductor;

a solar panel which is arranged on a top surface side of the antenna device; and

a circuit board which is arranged on a back surface side of the antenna device and electrically connected with an electrode formed at an outer circumference of the solar panel;

wherein

the outer circumference of the solar panel, excluding the electrode, is formed so as not to exceed outside from the outer circumference of the radiator, and

an insulator is intervened between the solar panel and the radiator.

5. The electronic device according to claim 2, wherein a cut-out portion is formed at the outer circumference of the radiator and the outer circumference of the solar panel does not exceed outside from a side of the cut-out portion which forms a bottom of the cut-out portion.

3. An electronic device, comprising:

an antenna device which is constituted by a plate like radiator being provided on a top surface side of a plate like dielectric and a plate like grounding conductor being provided on a back surface side of the plate like dielectric, the plate like dielectric being sandwiched by the plate like radiator and the plate like grounding conductor;

a solar panel which is arranged on a top surface side of the antenna device; and

a circuit board which is arranged on a back surface side of the antenna device and electrically connected with an electrode formed at an outer circumference of the solar panel;

wherein

the outer circumference of the solar panel, excluding the electrode, is formed so as not to exceed outside from the outer circumference of the radiator,

the electrode projects outside from the outer circumference of the radiator and an outer circumference of the dielectric and is electrically connected with the circuit board at outside of the dielectric, and

an insulator is intervened between the solar panel and the radiator.

6. The electronic device according to claim 3, wherein a cut-out portion is formed at the outer circumference of the radiator and the outer circumference of the solar panel does not exceed outside from a side of the cut-out portion which forms a bottom of the cut-out portion.