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Micro thermoelectric device and manufacturing method thereof

US8426720B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJul 30, 2004
Grant dateApr 23, 2013
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Expiry dateMay 18, 2029

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01L2924/0002

Abstract

The present invention discloses a micro thermoelectric device and manufacturing method thereof, and the manufacturing method comprises the steps of providing a substrate and depositing a barrier layer on the substrate, using the barrier layer as a mask to etch a pattern on the barrier layer to form a plurality of openings, adopting a reactive ion etching (RIE) method to remove the barrier layer and smoothing the curvature of the corner of each groove, depositing a metal conductive wire layer, coating an adhesive layer in said each groove by a surface mount technology (SMT), placing a plurality of thermoelectric materials individually into each groove, repeating steps (a) to (f) to produce another substrate, and connecting the two substrates into an aligned position.

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