Patent ID: 7728220

Claim:
A solar power generating device, comprising: a conductive body in the form of a long bar; a solar energy converter being located at an end of the conductive body with a first electrode of the solar energy converter electrically contacting with that end of the conductive body, the solar energy converter being smaller than the end of the conductive body such that the solar energy converter fails to extend beyond an edge of the conductive body; a first insulating layer being fitted around a portion of the conductive body closer to the solar energy converter; and a conducting layer being fitted around the first insulating layer and therefore isolated from the conductive body by the first insulating layer, and the conducting layer being electrically connected to at least one second electrode of the solar energy converter; the conductive body being plugged into a circuit board with a portion of the conductive body not covered by the first insulating layer in electrical contact with a first conducting layer covered on a substrate of the circuit board; and the conducting layer being isolated from the first conducting layer by a second insulating layer covered on the first conducting layer but in electrical contact with a second conducting layer covered on the second insulating layer; and the solar energy converter being adapted to absorb solar energy and convert the absorbed solar energy into electric energy, which is then transferred to the first and the second conducting layer of the circuit board via the conductive body and the conducting layer, respectively.