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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2022
The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (US);
Rama Venkatasubramanian, Cary, NC (US);
The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (US);
Abstract
Systems, apparatuses, and methods are provided for scalable manufacturing of thermoelectric device modules for multiple uses on a single substrate. An example method can include disposing thermoelectric structures on a substrate, the substrate having a first substrate material, and the thermoelectric structures having a thermoelectric material disposed on a second substrate material. The example method can further include removing the second substrate material from each of the thermoelectric structures. The example method can further include forming electrical contacts on a top surface of each respective one of the thermoelectric structures. The example method can further include forming top headers over subsets of the electrical contacts. The example method can further include forming thermoelectric device modules, each of the thermoelectric device modules having at least a pair of the thermoelectric structures and at least one of the top headers.