Patent ID: 6143975
Filing Date: 2000-11-07
Classification: G06F,H01L

Abstract:
A system comprising:a thermoelectric regenerator having at least one hot junction formed between at least a first material and at least a second material and at least one cold junction formed between the at least a first material and the at least a second material;the at least one hot junction located at a hot junction position defined by a hot junction horizontal location and a hot junction vertical location defined relative to a coordinate system having a vertical axis originating at a point on a surface of a heat source, the vertical axis pointing toward a heat sink and a horizontal axis normal to the vertical axis and intersecting the point; andthe at least one cold junction located at a cold junction position defined by a cold junction horizontal location and a cold junction vertical location defined relative to the coordinate system such that the difference between the hot junction horizontal location and the cold junction horizontal location yields a non-zero horizontal location difference and such that the cold junction horizontal position is such that the cold junction does not intersect the heat source.