Thermoelectric device
Abstract
Abstract A METHOD OF MAKING A THERMOELECTRIC DEVICE COMPRISING THE STEPS OF PROVIDING PIECES OF P TYPE MATERIAL AND N TYPE MATERIAL, RESPECTIVELY, CUTTING THESE PIECES INTO FIRST FLAT SLICES, SECURING THE P AND N SLICES TOGETHER IN ALTERNATING RELATION THEREBY FORMING A FIRST COMPOSITE UNIT WHICH BEGINS AND ENDS WITH P AND N SLICES, RESPECTIVELY, CUTTING SAID FIRST UNITS NORMAL TO SAID FIRST SURFACES INTO SECOND AND THIRD SLICES, RESPECTIVELY, SECURING THE SECOND AND THIRD SLICES TOGETHER WITH THE P AND N SLICES IN ALTERNATING RELATION THEREBY FORMING A THIRD COMPOSITE UNIT, CUTTING SAID THIRD UNIT NORMAL TO SAID FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD SURFACES INTO SLAB-LIKE MATRICES HAVING A PLURALITY OF P AND N TYPE ELEMENTS, INSULATING SAID ELEMENTS FROM EACH OTHER AND CONDUCTIVELY CONNECTING SAID ELEMENTS TOGETHER IN A PREDETERMINED MANNER.
Inventors
- 👤 Colin Edward Abbott
- 👤 Guy Anthony Barnes
- 👤 John Francis Anthony Mcentee
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