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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 1998
Filed:
Jul. 29, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Yasuo Ochi, Sagamihara, JP;
Kazuo Ohara, Sagamihara, JP;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Ohara, Kanagawa, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
136238 ; 136201 ; 136239 ; 136241 ; 252 / ; 252 / ;
Abstract
A thermoelectric semiconductor material is used for thermoelectric conversion in a thermoelectric conversion device. The material comprises a double oxide having one of a normal spinel crystal structure and an inverse spinel crystal structure, the double oxide comprising a composition that is represented by MIn.sub.2 O.sub.4, wherein M represents a metal element that can be changed into a divalent ion.