WO2003088317A3 - Thermal electric generator - Google Patents

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WO2003088317A3
WO2003088317A3 PCT/US2003/012662 US0312662W WO03088317A3 WO 2003088317 A3 WO2003088317 A3 WO 2003088317A3 US 0312662 W US0312662 W US 0312662W WO 03088317 A3 WO03088317 A3 WO 03088317A3
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Hector M Guevara
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10N—ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10N10/00—Thermoelectric devices comprising a junction of dissimilar materials, i.e. devices exhibiting Seebeck or Peltier effects
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10N—ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10N10/00—Thermoelectric devices comprising a junction of dissimilar materials, i.e. devices exhibiting Seebeck or Peltier effects
    • H10N10/10—Thermoelectric devices comprising a junction of dissimilar materials, i.e. devices exhibiting Seebeck or Peltier effects operating with only the Peltier or Seebeck effects
    • H10N10/13—Thermoelectric devices comprising a junction of dissimilar materials, i.e. devices exhibiting Seebeck or Peltier effects operating with only the Peltier or Seebeck effects characterised by the heat-exchanging means at the junction

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The Thermal Electric Generator (TEG) includes a high efficiency multi-layer semiconductor device adapted to enable heat, over a wide temperature range, to be converted into useful power. A first layer (12) may include a substrate microcircuit module in which embedded integrated resistive circuits are exposed to outside thermal activity. A contiguous second layer (14) which acts as a thermal barrier between the first (12) and a third layer (16), is produced from a ceramic film base material, and includes embedded microcircuits or integrated circuit capacitors that couples the electrical voltage fluctuations generated by the first layer to the third layer. The third layer (16) is a contiguous layer preferably produced from silicon carbide and includes embedded microcircuits which convert the electric fluctuations emanating from the first layer (12) into direct current electric energy.
PCT/US2003/012662 2002-04-10 2003-04-08 Thermal electric generator WO2003088317A2 (en)

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