Method of manufacturing thermoelectric devices
Abstract
Abstract A METHOD OF FORMING A THERMOELECTRIC MODULE INCLUDES SHAPING TWO PAIRS OF ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE PLATES, AND PLACING A P-TYPE LAYER OF THERMOELECTRIC MATERIAL BETWEEN THE FIRST PAIR OF PLATES AND AN N-TYPE MATERIAL BETWEEN THE SECOND PAIR OF PLATES. EACH PLATE HAS OPENINGS PLACED SO THAT CUTS ALONG PREDETERMINED LINES RESULT IN SEPARATION OF THE PLATES FROM THE SANDWICH, WITH EACH SEPARATED PLATE INDIVIDUALLY CARRYING CONJUGATE MATING SEGMENTS OF THERMOELECTRIC MATERIAL. APPROPRIATE SIZING OF THE P-TYPE AND N-TYPE LAYERS OF THERMOELECTRIC MATERIAL AFFORDS READY CONTROL OF THE INDIVIDUAL THERMOELECTRID ELEMENT CROSSSECTIONAL AREA AND THE ELEMENT LENGTH, TO PROVIDE OPTIMUM PERFORMANCE OF A MULTI-STAGE THERMOELECTRIC ASSEMBLY. THE SEPARATED PLATES ARE INTERFITTED INTO A COMPOSITE SANDWICH OF P- AND N-TYPE MATERIALS TO FORM A THERMOELECTRIC MODULE.
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- 👤 Allen T Puder
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