THERMOELECTRIC DEVICES AND POWER SYSTEMS

摘要

A thermoelectric device may include first and second insulating substrates. An array of electrically conductive first metallizations may be positioned on one side of the first substrate, and an array of electrically conductive second metallizations may be positioned on a mating side of the second substrate. A plurality of thermoelectric elements may be positioned between the first and second substrates and interconnected together through the first and second metallizations in one of a square shaped network pattern or a delta shaped network pattern.

主权项

1. A thermoelectric device, comprising:
a pair of electrically insulating substrates including a first substrate and a second substrate, the first and the second substrates being positioned such that a first side of the first substrate faces a second side of the second substrate; an array of electrically conductive first metallizations spaced apart from each other on the first side of the first substrate, and an array of electrically conductive second metallizations spaced apart from each other on the second side of the second substrate; and a plurality of thermoelectric elements, including multiple n-type thermoelectric elements and multiple p-type thermoelectric elements, positioned between the first side of the first substrate and the second side of the second substrate such that a first metallization of the array of first metallizations is electrically connected to an adjacent first metallization of the array of first metallizations through (i) two or more n-type thermoelectric elements attached to the first metallization, (ii) two or more p-type thermoelectric elements attached to the adjacent first metallization, and (iii) one or more second metallizations of the array of second metallizations to which the two or more n-type thermoelectric elements and the two or more p-type thermoelectric elements are attached.