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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2016
Filed:
May. 07, 2013
Phononic Devices, Inc., Durham, NC (US);
Jesse W. Edwards, Cary, NC (US);
M. Sean June, Raleigh, NC (US);
Robert Joseph Therrien, Cary, NC (US);
Abhishek Yadav, Raleigh, NC (US);
Phononic Devices, Inc., Durham, NC (US);
Abstract
A thermoelectric refrigeration system including at least one cooling chamber and a thermoelectric heat exchange system. The thermoelectric heat exchange system includes cascaded heat sinks. The cascaded heat sinks include cascaded cold side heat sinks and a hot side heat sink. The cascaded cold side heat sinks include a first cold side heat sink and a second cold side heat sink. The thermoelectric heat exchange system also includes a first plurality of thermoelectric coolers disposed between the first cold side heat sink and the second cold side heat sink and a second plurality of thermoelectric coolers disposed between the second cold side heat sink and the hot side heat sink. Each thermoelectric cooler is a module including multiple thermoelectric devices.