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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2018

Filed:

Apr. 20, 2015
Applicants:

National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, Llc, Albuquerque, NM (US);

Los Alamos National Security, Llc, Los Alamos, NM (US);

Inventors:

Ihab Fathy El-Kady, Albuquerque, NM (US);

Charles M Reinke, Albuquerque, NM (US);

Roy H. Olsson, Albuquerque, NM (US);

Brian S. Swartzentruber, Albuquerque, NM (US);

Collin J. Delker, Albuquerque, NM (US);

Jinkyoung Yoo, Los Alamos, NM (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25B 21/02 (2006.01); H01L 35/12 (2006.01); H01L 35/14 (2006.01); H01L 35/32 (2006.01); H01L 23/38 (2006.01); H01L 35/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F25B 21/02 (2013.01); H01L 35/32 (2013.01); H01L 23/38 (2013.01); H01L 35/22 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods and apparatus for removing heat from an object for the purpose of cooling or for the purpose of generating electrical power are disclosed. In an embodiment, at least two field-effect transistors (FETs) are operated under inversion. While the FETs are being operated, heat is conducted from the object through body portions of said FETs to an element configured for dissipating the conducted heat.


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