Patent ID: 6329217
Filing Date: 2001-12-11
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
A method of fabricating a thermoelectric device, comprising the steps of:forming a thermoelectric device block having two faces of interconnecting end faces by regularly disposing and fixing a plurality of n-type bar-shape devices consisting of the n-type thermoelectric semiconductors and a plurality of p-type bar-shaped devices consisting of the p-type thermoelectric semiconductors through an insulating layer, and exposing respectively both end faces of said each n-type bar-shaped device and each p-type bar-shaped device;forming a plurality of thermoelectric couples by connecting between end faces of said n-type bar-shaped device and p-type bar-shaped device with an interconnection conductor on the interconnecting end face of the thermoelectric device block, and connecting alternatively said plural n-type bar-shaped devices and plural p-type bar-shaped devices in series; andforming a pair of terminal conductors electrically connected respectively to the bar-shaped devices at least on one end portion and the other end portion of said plural thermocouples connected in series, on a face excluding said interconnecting end face of said thermoelectric device block.