Method and apparatus of enhanced thermoelectric cooling and power conversion
| Patent Number: | 10,072,879 |
| Issued: | 9/11/2018 |
| Official Filing: | View the Complete Patent |
| Abstract: | Methods and apparatus for removing heat from an object for the purpose of cooling or for the purpose of generating electrical power are disclosed. In an embodiment, at least two field-effect transistors (FETs) are operated under inversion. While the FETs are being operated, heat is conducted from the object through body portions of said FETs to an element configured for dissipating the conducted heat. |
| Filed: | 4/20/2015 |
| Application Number: | 14/691,441 |
| Government Interests: | STATEMENT OF GOVERNMENT INTEREST This invention was made with Government support under Contract No. DE-NA0003525 awarded by the United States Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration. The Government has certain rights in the invention. |