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5567909 |
Method for supporting a wafer in a combined wafer support and temperature monitoring device
A combined wafer support and thermocouple assembly comprising a wafer support basket having a plurality of wafer support fingers, one of which includes a low mass, low heat constant support for...
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5525162 |
Thermal conductivity enhancement technique
A technique for forming from staring precursors at the molecular level, a sultant thermoelectric material with a reduced thermal conductivity. All staring precursors are dissolved in solution,...
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5513808 |
Thermoelectrical insulation for high temperatures and electric currents manufactured from amorphous natural graphite
This invention refers to improvements to thermoelectrical insulation for high temperatures and electric currents manufactured from amorphous natural graphite, and more specifically to a procedure...
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5507879 |
Sensor utilizing thermoelectric material and method for manufacture thereof
In a fine structure of a thermoelectric material, fine particles of a material exhibiting Seebeck effect are electrically linked in a loosely contacted state with one another without fusing, having...
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5498296 |
Thermocouple
A metal oxide layer is provided around a thermocouple element. The metal oxide layer is formed by preparing a sol, in which particulates of a metal oxide are dispersed, by a sol-gel method, dipping...
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5484490 |
P-type thermoelectric material
A P-type thermoelectric material consists essentially of iron disilicide, metallic manganese and metallic aluminium dissolved in or alloyed with the iron disilicide, and silicon oxide and/or...
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5474619 |
Thin film high temperature silicide thermocouples
A high temperature resistant and corrosion resistant thermoelement for a thermocouple formed of a silicon base layer, a conductive thin film of a silicide of a transition metal such as titanium or...
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5474618 |
Protective ceramic device for immersion pyrometer
An elongated protective device for an immersion pyrometer. The device comprises a self-supporting inner sheath made of a ceramic material having virtually no open pores and a protective, crack-free...
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5472519 |
Conducting polymer thermoelectric material and process of making same
A thermoelectric material is provided whose temperature decreases upon passing an electric current therethrough. The material is a mixture of poly-3-octylthiophene and ferric chloride in a...
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5428560 |
Simulator, in particular of thermal batteries
A simulator, in particular for simulating thermal batteries, the simulator delivering an output voltage U bat across output terminals thereof, said output voltage being a function of a current I...
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5419780 |
Method and apparatus for recovering power from semiconductor circuit using thermoelectric device
An apparatus and method for recovering power dissipated by a semiconductor integrated circuit includes a thermoelectric generator which converts the heat generated by the integrated circuit into...
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5411600 |
Ultrathin film thermocouples and method of manufacture
Ultrathin film thermocouple devices, which are extremely small in size and thickness and flexible, allow measurement of temperatures during processing of flexible elements which flex during...
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5409547 |
Thermoelectric cooling device for thermoelectric refrigerator, process for the fabrication of semiconductor suitable for use in the thermoelectric cooling device, and thermoelectric refrigerator using the thermoelectric cooling device
A thermoelectric cooling device for a thermoelectric refrigerator is described. The device is composed of p-type and n-type semiconductor layers, a first inner heat conductor, a first outer heat...
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5356485 |
Intermetallic thermocouples
An intermetallic film thermocouple has an amorphous phase and a Seebeck coefficient above 900 μV/° C. Such thermocouples can be prepared by vapor-depositing an intermetallic and quenching the...
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5352299 |
Thermoelectric material
A thermoelectric material is provided which consists of an oxide with a perovskite structure, wherein the oxide is of the formula (Ln 1 -x A x ) 2 MO 4 with 0.01≤x≤0.05, where Ln is a rare...
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5332449 |
Immersion sensor for molten metals
An immersion sensor for molten metals has an electrically conducting support pin, whose one end is mounted in a refractory mounting material, and whose other free end has a first coating of a...
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5292376 |
Thermoelectric refrigeration material and method of making the same
In a thermoelectric refrigeration material with thermoelectric conversion characteristic, in order to improve crystallinity of a system of bismuth-antimony (Bi-Sb) and thereby to improve the figure...
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5286304 |
Thermoelectric device and method of manufacturing
A method of manufacturing a thermoelectric device including the steps of printing a patterned mask on both sides of a strip of copper foil, shielding one side and plating a pattern of nickel on the...
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5261747 |
Switchable thermoelectric element and array
A thermoelectric array, such as a thermocouple array, includes a pair of dissimilar conductors disposed adjacent to each other at a plurality of locations. A switch is provided which selectively...
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5246505 |
System and method to improve the power output and longetivity of a radioisotope thermoelectric generator
By using the helium generated by the alpha emissions of a thermoelectric generator during space travel for cooling, the thermal degradation of the thermoelectric generator can be slowed. Slowing...
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5246504 |
Thermoelectric material
A thermoelectric material can be obtained by co-pulverizing and mixing a material containing at least bismuth and a material containing at least tellurium, without being alloyed by melting, and...
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5108515 |
Thermoelectric material and process for production thereof
A thermoelectric material can be obtained by co-pulverizing and mixing a material containing at least bismuth and a material containing at least tellurium, without being alloyed by melting, and...
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5069726 |
Ceramic coated wires and thermocouples
An insulated ceramic coated wire with a relatively thin ceramic coating allowing flexibility. The insulation is non porous and is particularly useful for thermocouples. The application all...
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5021098 |
High contact blind hole thermocouple plug
It is useful to be able to place a thermocouple in a plug in a spacecraft heat shield without disturbing the heat flow to the thermocouple. The thermocouple wire is ceramic coated before placement...
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5009717 |
Thermoelectric element and method of manufacturing same
A thermoelectric element comprises a first layer of a p-type iron silicide, and a second layer of an n-type iron silicide. The first and second layers are joined together to form a pn junction...
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4983225 |
Process of manufacturing miniature thermoelectric converters
A thermoelectric semiconductor multicouple array comprises a substrate of semi-insulating material 10, alternate n-type and p-type strips or legs ion implanted into said substrate and connected...
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4969956 |
Transparent thin film thermocouple
A transparent thin film thermocouple and a method of manufacturing comprig a positive element of indium tin oxide (ITO) and a negative element of indium oxide (In 2 O 3 ) formed on a surface by...
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4929282 |
Silver, thallium, copper and tellurium-based thermoelectrical semiconductive thermoelectric material, preparation and application to thermoelectric converters
Silver, thallium, copper and tellurium-based thermoelectric semiconductor materials, characterized in that they are represented by the general formula (I) Ag x Cu y T1Te 1 +z ...
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4902648 |
Process for producing a thermoelectric module
A thermoelectric module comprises a first electrode array having a plurality of electrode pieces and a second electrode array having a plurality of electrode pieces. The first and second electrode...
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4900367 |
Method of making a reticulated temperature sensitive imaging device
A fully reticulated pyroelectric imager is made by affixing a first major surface of a layer of poled pyroelectric material to a substrate and polishing a second major surface of the pyroelectric...
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4795498 |
Low cost thermocouple apparatus and methods for fabricating the same
A thermocouple consists of a first thin layer of metal disposed on a mylar sheet. The metal layer is then covered with a varnish by employing a printing process which prints spaced apart apertures...
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4778537 |
Method of making a thermocouple and so-made thermocouple
To make a jacketed thermoelement, two metal wires, one of which is pure platinum, preferably of at least 99.9, and even higher purity, and the other being a platinum/rhodium alloy are included in a...
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4767467 |
Apparatus and method for use in thermoelectric power generation
An apparatus and method for generating thermoelectric power utilizes a hollow shell member having a cavity defined therein and a cartridge member disposed within the cavity, wherein the cartridge...
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4747883 |
Continuously flushed thermocouple assembly
A thermocouple assembly including a thermocouple probe having facilities mounted thereto to protect the probe, e.g. from the hostile environment of a mounting hole provided through a refractory...
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4717788 |
Method for producing thermoelectric elements
Thermoelectric elements of both P-type and N-type lead tellurides having unique characteristics including, particularly in the case of the P-type, a figure-of-merit 90% above that of the best...
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4676996 |
Method of producing a foamed multiple thermocouple
A method of producing a multiple thermocouple having a conductive open-cellular foam matrix, a portion of which forms a first pole with a plurality of discrete conductors of a different material...
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4634803 |
Method of obtaining optimum performance from a thermoelectric heating/cooling device
A method of selecting optimum values for the factors H and μ in a thermoelectric heating/cooling device. A system model is formulated by relating the heat transfer characteristics of the heat...
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4593456 |
Pyroelectric thermal detector array
A thermal detector array includes a substrate layer with a pyroelectric layer attached to the substrate, a plurality of detector regions being defined in the pyroelectric layer by openings through...
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4493939 |
Method and apparatus for fabricating a thermoelectric array
A method and apparatus for fabricating a thermoelectric device includes forming a matrix board (12) with an array of orifices (100) formed therein. A plurality of P-type thermoelements (96) are...
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4491680 |
Mounting arrangement for a condition sensing probe and method of making the same
A mounting arrangement for a condition sensing probe and method of making the same are provided, the probe being disposed in an opening of a wall of an apparatus and having opposed ends one of...
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4489742 |
Thermoelectric device and method of making and using same
An invention is disclosed which provides improved thermoelectric devices and methods of making and using the same. The device exhibits enhanced efficiency and operating life through the use of a...
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4472594 |
Method of increasing the sensitivity of thermopile
A heat sensitive portion is cooled when a temperature of an object to be measured is higher than the standard temperature while a heat sensitive portion is heated when a temperature of an object to...
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4465894 |
Substrateless thermoelectric device and method of making same
A new and improved thermoelectric device of the type which provides electrical energy in response to a temperature gradient applied across the device exhibits both structural integrity and improved...
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4465895 |
Thermoelectric devices having improved elements and element interconnects and method of making same
A new and improved thermoelectric device and a method of manufacturing same takes advantage of the anisotropy of the materials employed to provide a substantially increased power output over prior...
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4463214 |
Thermoelectric generator apparatus and operation method
A method of operating a thermoelectric generator includes: cyclically producing increasing then decreasing temperature differences in the thermoelectric material of the generator; and generating a...
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4459428 |
Thermoelectric device and method of making same
A thermoelectric device includes first and second sets of spaced apart copper plate segments. Thermoelectric elements which generate electricity are disposed between the sets of copper plate...
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4451690 |
Method of compensating a temperature of a thermopile
A heat sensitive portion is cooled or heated by Peltier's effect owing to an electric current passing through a thermopile from the outside and simultaneously said electric current passing through...
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4450314 |
Thermocouple for measuring temperatures and method of making the thermocouple
A thermocouple made of the silicon carbide and carbon. A carbon rod extends within a silicon carbide tube. The tube is closed at one end, and one end of the rod is fixed in a blind hole in the tube...
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4444991 |
High-efficiency thermopile
A thermopile formed of conductor elements of dissimilar materials, the junctions of the dissimilar materials being much larger in cross-section than the normal cross-sectional area of the conductor...
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4443650 |
Thermoelectric converter element
The disclosed thermoelectric converter element includes at least one member made of thermoelectric substance whose crystal structure is so controlled that its crystallographic axis is directed to a...
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