Patent ID: 8614391

Claim:
An energy converting device comprising: a base substrate; and a plurality of thermoelectric element structures which are sequentially stacked on the base substrate and electrically interconnected in parallel to one another, wherein: each of the thermoelectric element structures comprises: a P-type electrode disposed above an edge of one side of the base substrate in a perpendicular direction to the base substrate, the P-type electrode having a multilayer structure where a plurality of conductive films are stacked; an N-type electrode disposed above an edge of another side of the base substrate in a perpendicular direction to the base substrate, the N-type electrode having a multilayer structure where a plurality of conductive films are stacked; a P-type thermoelectric pattern which extends toward the N-type electrode from the P-type electrode in parallel with the base substrate; an N-type thermoelectric pattern which extends toward the P-type electrode from the N-type electrode in parallel with the base substrate; and a conductor which is vertically interposed between the P-type thermoelectric pattern and the N-type thermoelectric pattern, and the N-type and P-type thermoelectric patterns alternately disposed at mutually different heights in such a manner that an end of the N-type thermoelectric pattern is electrically connected by the conductor to an end of the P-type thermoelectric pattern which partially faces said end of the N-type thermoelectric pattern.