Patent ID: 8101847
Filing Date: 2012-01-24
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
1. A thermoelectric module, comprising: a first substrate; a second substrate comprising a second surface which is apart from and faces a first surface of the first substrate; a plurality of thermoelectric elements arranged on the first surface and the second surface; a plurality of first electrodes on the first surface and the second surface, each electrode being electrically connected to at least one of the plurality of thermoelectric elements; and a second ground electrode on at least the first surface, electrically isolated from the plurality of first electrodes and not in direct contact with said plurality of first electrodes; wherein at least some of the first electrodes on the first surface are arranged in a plurality of columns each of which comprises two or more first electrodes aligned in a longitudinal direction; and the ground electrode extends at least along the first surface longitudinally between three or more adjacent columns and transversely between three or more pairs of adjacent first electrodes in the columns.