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Temperature control device and method for manufacturing the same

US6347521B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateOct 11, 2000
Grant dateFeb 19, 2002
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Expiry dateOct 11, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01L2924/0002
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention provides a temperature control device with excellent temperature uniformity and thermal response, which can be manufactured easily, and a manufacturing method for the same. A thermoelectric device 21 is arranged between a substrate mounting plate 1 and a cooling plate 3. Copper foil electrodes 5, 5, . . . on the upper side of the thermoelectric device 21 are adhered to a lower surface of the substrate mounting plate 1 with an adhesive sheet 17 covering substantially the entire lower surface of the substrate mounting plate 1, and copper foil electrodes 7, 7, . . . on the lower side of the thermoelectric device 21 are adhered to an upper surface of the cooling plate 3 with an adhesive sheet 19 covering substantially the entire upper surface of the substrate mounting plate 1. The total thickness of the adhesive sheet 17 and the copper foil electrodes 5 adhering to it, and the total thickness of the adhesive sheet 19 and the copper foil electrodes 7 adhering to it, is each set approximately 25 to 1000 &mgr;m thin, so as to make the thermal resistance sufficiently low. Thermoelectric conversion elements 9 and 13 are distributed across a large area covering at least the ent…

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