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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2011
Applicant:
Biprodas Dutta, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Inventor:
Biprodas Dutta, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Assignee:
ZT3 Technologies, Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention is directed to an electrical device that comprises a first and a second fiber having a core of thermoelectric material embedded in an electrically insulating material, and a conductor. The first fiber is doped with a first type of impurity, while the second fiber is doped with a second type of impurity. A conductor is coupled to the first fiber to induce current flow between the first and second fibers.