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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 1998
Filed:
Mar. 04, 1996
Hideo Watanabe, Kawasaki, JP;
Yoshihiko Ogawa, Sapporo, JP;
Motohiro Sakai, Yokohama, JP;
Fumio Hisano, Noboribetsu, JP;
Hirohusa Tezuka, Noboribetsu, JP;
Fumikazu Kiya, Noboribetsu, JP;
Thermovonics Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
A thermoelectric converter is composed of a number of p-type semiconductor chips and n-type semiconductor chips arranged side by side and electrically connected in series, a heat-absorbing-side heat conductor arranged on a heat-absorbing side of the p-type and n-type semiconductor chips, a heat-dissipating-side heat conductor arranged on a heat-dissipating side of the p-type and n-type semiconductor chips, and a device for feeding a current to the p-type and n-type semiconductor chips. The current feeding device feeds a current of a density in a current density range selected depending on a thickness of said p-type and n-type semiconductor chips.