US Patent No: 7,851,691
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Thermoelectric devices and applications for the same
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Dec 14, 2010
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Sep 28, 2007
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11/864,595
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Abstract
High performance thin film thermoelectric couples and methods of making the same are disclosed. Such couples allow fabrication of at least microwatt to watt-level power supply devices operating at voltages greater than one volt even when activated by only small temperature differences.
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| 2007/0125,413 Thermoelectric devices and applications for the same | 2 | 2004 | |
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