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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2016
Filed:
May. 22, 2012
Akihiro Kirihara, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Endoh, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Manako, Tokyo, JP;
Kenichi Uchida, Sendai, JP;
Eiji Saitoh, Sendai, JP;
Akihiro Kirihara, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Endoh, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Manako, Tokyo, JP;
Kenichi Uchida, Sendai, JP;
Eiji Saitoh, Sendai, JP;
NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
TOHOKU UNIVERSITY, Sendai-Shi, Miyagi, JP;
Abstract
A thermoelectric conversion apparatus has a substrate and a power generation part. The power generation part has a magnetic layer with magnetization and an electrode layer made of a material exhibiting a spin-orbit interaction and formed on the magnetic layer. The substrate and the power generation part have flexibility. This thermoelectric conversion apparatus further has a cover layer having flexibility and formed on the substrate so as to cover at least the power generation part.