Patent ID: 8581089
Filing Date: 2013-11-12
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
1. A module comprising: a substrate having a plurality of electrically and thermally conductive areas and a plurality of insulating areas configured to thermally and electrically separate the plurality of electrically and thermally conductive areas from each other; a plurality of thermoelectric elements arranged on the substrate and connected electrically in series, each of the plurality of thermoelectric elements comprises: at least one n-layer of thermoelectric material arranged on and directly contacting a p-layer of thermoelectric material disposed between the n-layer and the substrate, or at least one p-layer of thermoelectric material arranged on and directly contacting an n-layer of thermoelectric material disposed between the p-layer and the substrate, wherein adjacently positioned thermoelectric elements have alternatingly arranged layer structures relative to each other with respect to the n-layer and p-layer of each thermoelectric element, wherein a respective p-layer of a respective thermoelectric element is always connected electrically to only one n-layer of only one adjacent thermoelectric element; and