Patent ID: 7026712
Filing Date: 2006-04-11
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
1. A Peltier module comprising: a first monolithic planar substrate having a first inner surface and a first outer surface reverse to said first inner surface; a second planar substrate arranged in parallel to said first monolithic planar substrate, and having a second inner surface opposed to said first inner surface and a second outer surface reverse to said second inner surface; said first monolithic planar substrate and said second planar substrate defining at least one open space through which a certain area on said first inner surface can be viewed in a direction perpendicular to said first monolithic planar substrate and said second planar substrate from positions on the side of said second planar substrate which are remote from said first monolithic planar substrate; a plurality of electrodes selectively arranged on and contacting said first inner surface and said second inner surface so that the electrodes on said first inner surface form electrode pairs with the electrodes on said second inner surface; a plurality of semiconductor elements associated with said electrode pairs, each of said semiconductor elements being connected to one of said electrode pairs so that said plurality of semiconductor elements and said electrode pairs form at least one series combination of Peltier junctions; first and second power supply electrodes electrically coupled to first and second ones of said plurality of electrodes, respectively, and projecting from said certain area through said open space in said direction perpendicular to said first monolithic planar substrate and said second planar substrate so as to have contact surfaces spaced from said first inner surface by a distance equal to or greater than a distance between said first inner surface and said second outer surface; and first and second conductive leads coupled to said contact surfaces so as to supply electric power from the outside of said Peltier module to said first and second power supply electrodes, respectively, and more flexible than said first and second power supply electrodes.