Patent ID: 7823393

Claim:
Peltier effect semiconductor heat transfer system comprising: at least one semiconductor element pair arranged to yield Peltier effect heat transfer, said semiconductor element pair comprising one P-type doped semiconductor element and one N-type doped semiconductor element, each element having a cold end and a hot end, further said element pair being arranged to form a portion of a serial electronic circuit and a portion of a parallel thermal circuit; an active area thermally coupled to the cold ends of said at least one P-type doped semiconductor element and one N-type doped semiconductor element; and a hot area thermally coupled to the hot ends of said at least one P-type doped semiconductor element and one N-type doped semiconductor element, said hot ends being appreciably larger than said cold ends, wherein the thermal coupling of the cold end of each semiconductor element to the active area lies in a first plane, the thermal coupling of the hot end of each semiconductor element to the hot area lies in a second plane, and the first and second planes are disposed transverse to each other.