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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:
Oct. 04, 2022

Filed:

Mar. 19, 2018
Applicant:

Sheetak, Inc., Austin, TX (US);

Inventor:

Uttam Ghoshal, Austin, TX (US);

Assignee:

Sheetak, Inc., Austin, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 35/32 (2006.01); H01L 35/08 (2006.01); H01L 35/16 (2006.01); H01L 35/18 (2006.01); H01L 35/20 (2006.01); H01L 35/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 35/08 (2013.01); H01L 35/16 (2013.01); H01L 35/18 (2013.01); H01L 35/20 (2013.01); H01L 35/22 (2013.01); H01L 35/325 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present disclosure is related to structures for and methods for producing thermoelectric devices. The thermoelectric devices include multiple stages of thermoelements. Each stage includes alternating n-type and p-type thermoelements. The stages are sandwiched between upper and lower sets of metal links fabricated on a pair of substrate layers. The metal links electrically connect pairs of n-type and p-type thermoelements from each stage. There may be additional sets of metal links between the multiple stages. The individual thermoelements may be sized to handle differing amounts of electric current to optimize performance based on their location within the multistage device.


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