Multistage thermoelectric micro coolers

Ronggui Yang; Gang Chen; G. Jeffrey Snyder; Jean Pierre Fleurial

Multistage thermoelectric micro coolers

Ronggui Yang^*, Gang Chen, G. Jeffrey Snyder, Jean Pierre Fleurial

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Materials Science and Engineering

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Abstract

Multistage thermoelectric coolers have been used for a long time because they offer a larger temperature difference than single stage thermoelectric coolers. MEMS technology leads to the possibility to fabricate multistage thermoelectric micro coolers in batches without much increase in complexity compared to single stage cooler fabrication. In this paper, we discuss the design of multistage thermoelectric coolers to optimize the maximum temperature difference, which is of particular interest for micro coolers. As an example, a two-stage thermoelectric micro cooler is designed for the thermal management of a 10mW mid-IR laser. The heat leakage issue, the most important degradation mechanism for the performance of thermoelectric micro coolers, is also discussed and possible solutions are also presented.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Thermomechanical Phenomena in Electronic Systems -Proceedings of the Intersociety Conference
Editors	C.H. Amon, K. Ramakrishna, B.G. Sammakia, G. Subbarayan, S.B. Sathe, Y.K. Joshi
Pages	323-329
Number of pages	7
State	Published - Jan 1 2002
Event	8th Intersociety Conference on Thermal and Thermommechanical phenomena in Electronic Systems - San Diego, CA, United States Duration: May 30 2002 → Jun 1 2002

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Other	8th Intersociety Conference on Thermal and Thermommechanical phenomena in Electronic Systems
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Diego, CA
Period	5/30/02 → 6/1/02

Keywords

MEMS
Micro Cooler
Mid-IR Laser
Multistage
Thermal Management
Thermoelectrics

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Engineering

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Yang, R, Chen, G, Snyder, GJ & Fleurial, JP 2002, Multistage thermoelectric micro coolers. in CH Amon, K Ramakrishna, BG Sammakia, G Subbarayan, SB Sathe & YK Joshi (eds), Thermomechanical Phenomena in Electronic Systems -Proceedings of the Intersociety Conference. pp. 323-329, 8th Intersociety Conference on Thermal and Thermommechanical phenomena in Electronic Systems, San Diego, CA, United States, 5/30/02.

Multistage thermoelectric micro coolers. / Yang, Ronggui; Chen, Gang; Snyder, G. Jeffrey et al.
Thermomechanical Phenomena in Electronic Systems -Proceedings of the Intersociety Conference. ed. / C.H. Amon; K. Ramakrishna; B.G. Sammakia; G. Subbarayan; S.B. Sathe; Y.K. Joshi. 2002. p. 323-329.

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