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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2001
Emanuel Israel Cooper, Scarsdale, NY (US);
Steven Alan Cordes, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
David R. DiMilia, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
Bruce Bennett Doris, Brewster, NY (US);
James Patrick Doyle, Bronx, NY (US);
Uttam Shyamalindu Ghoshal, Austin, TX (US);
Robin Altman Wanner, Mount Kisco, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and system for forming a thermoelement for a thermoelectric cooler is provided. In one embodiment a substrate having a plurality of pointed tips covered by a metallic layer is formed. Portions of the metallic layer are covered by an insulator and other portions of the metallic layer are exposed. Next, a patterned layer of thermoelectric material is formed by depositions extending from the exposed portions of the metallic layer in the presence of a deposition mask. Finally, a metallic layer is formed to selectively contact the patterned layer of thermoelectric material.