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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2002
Rama Venkatasubramanian, Cary, NC (US);
Edward Siivola, Raleigh, NC (US);
Thomas Colpitts, Durham, NC (US);
Brooks O'quinn, Lillington, NC (US);
Rama Venkatasubramanian, Cary, NC (US);
Edward Siivola, Raleigh, NC (US);
Thomas Colpitts, Durham, NC (US);
Brooks O'Quinn, Lillington, NC (US);
Nextreme Thermal Solutions, Research Triangle Park, NC (US);
Abstract
A thermoelectric structure and device including at least first and second material systems having different lattice constants and interposed in contact with each other, and a physical interface at which the at least first and second material systems are joined with a lattice mismatch and at which structural integrity of the first and second material systems is substantially maintained. The at least first and second material systems have a charge carrier transport direction normal to the physical interface and preferably periodically arranged in a superlattice structure.