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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Joseph M. Freund, Fogelsville, PA (US);
George J. Przybylek, Douglasville, PA (US);
Mindaugas F. Dautartas, Blacksburg, VA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/144 ; H01L 2/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/144 ; H01L 2/100 ;
Abstract
A method for electrically coupling thermoelectric cooling (TEC) elements together is described. The TEC elements are encased within an encapsulating material, such as epoxy, and a resist layer is laid on either end of the encapsulating material, covering the ends of the TEC elements. The resist layers are selectively developed to open locations in the resist layers in between adjacent elements. Conductive material, such as gold, is sputter deposited into the locations to provide electrical coupling of the elements.