公开(公告)号：US20170365767A1

公开(公告)日：2017-12-21

申请号：US15628218

申请日：2017-06-20

申请人： Phononic Devices, Inc.

发明人： Jesse W. Edwards ,  Devon Newman ,  Arthur Prejs ,  Alex R. Guichard ,  Jason D. Reed ,  Kevin Shawne Schneider ,  Brian Williams ,  Robert J. Therrien

IPC分类号： H01L35/34 ,  H01L35/08 ,  H01L35/10 ,  H01L35/12

CPC分类号： H01L35/34 ,  H01L35/08 ,  H01L35/10 ,  H01L35/12

摘要： A thermoelectric device with multiple headers and a method of manufacturing such a device are provided herein. In some embodiments, a thermoelectric device includes multiple thermoelectric legs, a cold header thermally attached to the thermoelectric legs, and a hot header thermally attached to the thermoelectric legs opposite the cold header. At least one of the cold header and the hot header includes at least one score line. According to some embodiments disclosed herein, this the thermal stress on the thermoelectric device can be greatly reduced or relieved by splitting the header into multiple pieces or by scoring the header by a depth X. This enables the use of larger thermoelectric devices and/or thermoelectric devices with an increased lifespan.