Patent ID: 7802437
Filing Date: 2010-09-28
Classification: F28D,F28F,H01L,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An electronic component comprising a thermoelectric converter and a heat conducting fluid, the thermoelectric converter comprising a base substrate, and a plurality of nanowires formed on the base substrate, each nanowire comprising: a free end being immersed in the heat conducting fluid, a core, an electrically insulating material surrounding the core, and an envelope of a different material than the core surrounding the electrically insulating material, the envelope forming a thermocouple with the core and being electrically connected to the core at the free end of each nanowire; the cores of two adjacent nanowires are connected by a layer of doped semi-conducting material of a first type, constituting a base substantially perpendicular to the nanowires; the layer of insulating material covers the base between two adjacent nanowires, the envelopes of two adjacent nanowires being connected, above the layer of insulating material, by a layer of doped semi-conducting material of a second type.