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Heat sink/heat spreader structures and methods of manufacture

  • US 6,686,532 B1
  • Filed: 09/18/2000
  • Issued: 02/03/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/24/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A thermoelectric heat spreader attachable to a heat sink, the spreader comprising:

  • a top thermoelement that can be bonded to the heat sink; and

    a bottom thermoelement bonded to the top thermoelement at a plurality of spaced electrically conducting junctions, wherein the top thermoelement is made of a different material than the bottom thermoelement, and wherein the top and bottom thermoelements together form a thermoelectric couple.

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