Patent ID: 9203010
Filing Date: 2015-12-01
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for generating electricity, the apparatus comprising: a first thermoelectric material embedded through a first side and a second side of an interface, the first thermoelectric material having a first end surface disposed in the same plane as the first side and a second end surface disposed in the same plane as the second side, wherein on each of the first and second sides of the interface the first and second end surfaces of the first thermoelectric material are directly exposed to ambient environment; and a second thermoelectric material embedded through the first and second sides of the interface and electrically coupled to the first thermoelectric material, the second thermoelectric material having a first end surface disposed in the same plane as the first side and a second end surface disposed in the same plane as the second side, wherein on each of the first and second sides of the interface the first and second end surfaces of the second thermoelectric material are directly exposed to ambient environment; wherein a voltage is output from the first and second thermoelectric materials when ambient temperatures on the first and second sides of the interface are different.