Thermoelectric device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9105808-B2
Application number	US-97254408-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 10, 2008
Priority date	Jan 10, 2007
Publication date	Aug 11, 2015
Grant date	Aug 11, 2015

Abstract

A thermoelectric system includes a pair of substrates, a plurality of semiconductor elements, and first, second, and third terminals. The semiconductor elements are positioned between the opposing faces of the substrates, and the semiconductor elements include at least two groups of dissimilar semiconductor elements. The semiconductor elements are electrically coupled in series by conductor elements arranged so the two groups of dissimilar semiconductor elements are connected in an alternating pattern. The first, second and third terminals are connected to the conductor elements with the third terminal positioned between the first and second terminals. The electrically coupled semiconductor elements include first nodes and second nodes. The first and second nodes emit or absorb heat according to electric current flowing through the semiconductor elements, and impedance of the thermoelectric system is controlled by switching the switch.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A thermoelectric system comprising:
a pair of opposing substrates, each substrate having a peripheral edge and a face that generally opposes a face of the other opposing substrate;
a plurality semiconductor elements positioned between the opposing faces of the opposing substrates, the plurality of semiconductor elements comprises at least two groups of dissimilar semiconductor elements, wherein the plurality of semiconductor elements are electrically coupl…

Assignees

• Petrovski Dusko
• Gentherm Inc

Inventors

• Petrovski Dusko

Classifications

• B60N2/5628 Primary

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• F25B2321/0212

  Mechanical Engineering · mapped topic

• H01L35/32 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H10N10/17 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic