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Humidity sensing apparatus

US4677416A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 22, 1985
Grant dateJun 30, 1987
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Expiry dateNov 22, 2005

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01N25/68
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An integrated circuit cooling device and a dew point hygrometer employing such a cooling device having a substrate with a peripheral region surrounding a central aperture, the substrate being overlaid by an insulating layer with a Peltier cooling device formed thereon. The Peltier device includes a plurality of alternate metallic segments of dissimilar metals arranged and joined to form first and second groups of corresponding junctions of which the first group is located over the peripheral region of the substrate and the second group is located over the central aperture.

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