Research Triangle Institute

Nextreme Thermal Solutions, Inc.

Cynthia Watkins

Rama Venkatasubramanian

Bing A Shen

Jayesh Bharathan

David Alan Koester

Pratima V Addepalli

Robert C Hendry

Randall G Alley

A power conversion unit and method for converting DC power. The power conversion unit includes a self-oscillating device configured to convert a DC voltage into a self-oscillating alternating current AC signal, a transformer connected to the self-oscillating device and configured to transform the self-oscillating AC signal into a transformed AC signal, and an AC-to-DC converter configured to convert the transformed AC signal into a DC signal. The method generates a self-oscillating current, transforms the self-oscillating current into a transformed AC signal, and converts the transformed AC signal into a DC signal.

DC-DC converter for low voltage power source

A method of forming a thermoelectric device may include forming a plurality of islands of thermoelectric material on a deposition substrate. The plurality of islands of thermoelectric material may be bonded to a header substrate so that the plurality of islands are between the deposition substrate and the header substrate. More particularly, the islands of thermoelectric material may be epitaxial islands of thermoelectric material having crystal structures aligned with a crystal structure of the deposition substrate. Related structures are also discussed.

Methods of forming thermoelectric devices using islands of thermoelectric material and related structures

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Cynthia Watkins