Thin-film thermoelectric cooling and heating devices for DNA genomic and proteomic chips, thermo-optical switching circuits, and IR tags
US7164077B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 9, 2002 |
| Grant date | Jan 16, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 27, 2024 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH10F39/184
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A thermoelectric cooling and heating device including a substrate, a plurality of thermoelectric elements arranged on one side of the substrate and configured to perform at least one of selective heating and cooling such that each thermoelectric element includes a thermoelectric material, a Peltier contact contacting the thermoelectric material and forming under electrical current flow at least one of a heated junction and a cooled junction, and electrodes configured to provide current through the thermoelectric material and the Peltier contact. As such, the thermoelectric cooling and heating device selectively biases the thermoelectric elements to provide on one side of the thermolectric device a grid of localized heated or cooled junctions.
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