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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 08, 2021
Sony Group Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Kosuke Hareyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Christopher Wright, London, GB;
Matthew Lawrenson, London, GB;
Bernadette Elliott-Bowman, London, GB;
Timothy Beard, London, GB;
SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION, Kanagawa, JP;
SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provided is a thermoelectric power generation module that includes a heat-dissipating body that dissipates heat generated by a heat-generating body, a thermoelectric power generation element disposed at an approximately central section of a top surface of the heat-dissipating body, and a thermally-responsive body that is disposed on an outer peripheral section of the top surface of the heat-dissipating body and whose thermal resistance changes according to temperature. The thermoelectric power generation element and the thermally-responsive body are disposed on a bottom surface of the heat-generating body, and the thermally-responsive body is formed such that the thermal resistance of the thermally-responsive body becomes larger than that for the thermoelectric power generation element when the heat-generating body has a low temperature and that the thermal resistance of the thermally-responsive body becomes equal to or smaller than that for the thermoelectric power generation element when the heat-generating body has a high temperature.