WO2006039446A3 - Heat transfer device and system and method incorporating same - Google Patents

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WO2006039446A3
WO2006039446A3 PCT/US2005/035100 US2005035100W WO2006039446A3 WO 2006039446 A3 WO2006039446 A3 WO 2006039446A3 US 2005035100 W US2005035100 W US 2005035100W WO 2006039446 A3 WO2006039446 A3 WO 2006039446A3
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thermally conductive
conductive substrates
heat transfer
transfer device
electrical barrier
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Stanton Earl Weaver Jr
James William Bray
Ahmed Elasser
Seth Thomas Taylor
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Stanton Earl Weaver Jr
James William Bray
Ahmed Elasser
Seth Thomas Taylor
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01J—ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
    • H01J45/00—Discharge tubes functioning as thermionic generators
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10N—ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10N10/00—Thermoelectric devices comprising a junction of dissimilar materials, i.e. devices exhibiting Seebeck or Peltier effects
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B32—LAYERED PRODUCTS
    • B32B—LAYERED PRODUCTS, i.e. PRODUCTS BUILT-UP OF STRATA OF FLAT OR NON-FLAT, e.g. CELLULAR OR HONEYCOMB, FORM
    • B32B2310/00—Treatment by energy or chemical effects
    • B32B2310/021—Treatment by energy or chemical effects using electrical effects
    • B32B2310/024—Peltier effect
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T29/00—Metal working
    • Y10T29/49—Method of mechanical manufacture
    • Y10T29/49002—Electrical device making

Abstract

A method of manufacturing a heat transfer device including providing first and second thermally conductive substrates that are substantially atomically flat, providing a patterned electrical barrier on the first or second thermally conductive substrates and disposing a low work function material on the first or second thermally conductive substrates in an area oriented between the patterned electrical barrier in a configuration in which the first and second thermally conductive substrates are positioned opposite from one another. The method also includes bonding the first and second thermally conductive substrates in the configuration and extracting a plurality of units having opposite sections of the first and second thermally conductive substrates, each unit having a portion of the patterned electrical barrier disposed about the low work function material.
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