Inventor(s)

Baker Hughes Company

Abstract

Thermo-electric coolers (TECs) are used in electronics (e.g. Multi-Chip-Modules) to cool sensitive parts such as sensor elements and memory ICs. TECs use the Peltier effect to create a heat flow between pellets of two different types of materials. For example, pellets made out of n-type and p-type conducting materials (semiconductor pillars) can be used as the cooling elements. Low voltage (<10V) TEC designs require a large number of individual pellets (>100) with very small attach areas (0.4mm x 0.4mm). Current TEC designs use a solder attach to connect the pillars both to hot and cold side of the assembly.

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