Patent ID: 8129610
Filing Date: 2012-03-06
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
1. A thermoelectric conversion module comprising: a plurality of base elements comprising a same material, a temperature difference between a heated surface and a cooled surface of each of the plurality of base elements allowing each of the plurality of base elements to generate power; a pair of plates that interposes the plurality of base elements; and a lead wire, wherein each of the plurality of base elements comprises a semiconductor having a same size and a same shape, the semiconductor including: wherein the first electrode attached to the heated surface of the sintered cell, the heated surface comprising an upper surface of the sintered cell, is configured to include an area greater than an area of the heated surface of the sintered cell such that the electrode includes a portion extending beyond the sintered cell in a horizontal direction, and wherein the lead wire, which is an element structurally separate from said first electrode and said second electrode, includes a width smaller than a width of the pair of electrodes and electrically connects the first electrode attached to the heated surface of one of the plurality of base elements to the electrode attached to the cooled surface of an adjacent one of the plurality of base elements.