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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2017
Commissariat a L'energie Atomique ET Aux Energies Alternatives, Paris, FR;
Stmicroelectronics (Crolles 2) Sas, Crolles, FR;
Stephane Monfray, Eybens, FR;
Guillaume Savelli, Grenoble, FR;
Thomas Skotnicki, Crolles-Monfort, FR;
Philippe Coronel, Barraux, FR;
Frederic Gaillard, Voiron, FR;
Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives, Paris, FR;
STMicroelectronics (Crolles 2) SAS, Crolles, FR;
Abstract
A system includes a hot source, a cold source, and a device thermally coupled between the hot source and the cold source. The device includes a thermal-mechanical transducer and a mechanical-electrical transducer. The thermal-mechanical transducer includes a band of bimetallic strips linked mechanically together by their longitudinal ends. The band partially suspended over a portion of a substrate. Each bimetallic strip has a first stable state having a first curvature and a second stable state having a second curvature opposite the first curvature, and adjacent bimetallic strips have opposite curvature.