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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2006
Marc Scott Hodes, Dublin, IE;
Christopher D. W. Jones, Millington, IE;
Shankar Krishnan, Dublin, IE;
Oana Malis, New Providence, NJ (US);
Marc Scott Hodes, Dublin, IE;
Christopher D. W. Jones, Millington, IE;
Shankar Krishnan, Dublin, IE;
Oana Malis, New Providence, NJ (US);
Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Abstract
An apparatus includes a thermoelectric cooler having a first set of one or more metal electrodes, a second set of one or more metal electrodes, and one or more doped semiconductor members. Each member physically joins a corresponding one electrode of the first set to a corresponding one electrode of the second set. Each member has a cross-sectional area that increases along a path from the one metal electrode of the first set to the one metal electrode of the second set.