THERMOELECTRIC DEVICE UTILIZING DOUBLE-SIDED PELTIER JUNCTIONS AND METHOD OF MAKING THE DEVICE

摘要

A thermoelectric device and method of manufacturing the device, where thermoelectric elements (23, 27) of opposite conductivity type are located o n respective opposing sides of a heat source member (25). Heat sinks (20, 29) are disposed on opposite sides of the thermoelectric elements (23, 27). Peltier metal contacts are positioned between the thermoelectric elements an d each of the heat source member and heat sinks. A plurality of devices may be arranged together in a thermally parallel, electrically series arrangement, or in a thermally parallel, electrically parallel arrangement. The arrangement of the elements allow the direction of current flow through the pairs of elemen ts to be substantially the same as the direction of current flow through the metal contacts.