High cooling power density SiGe/Si micro-coolers

Electronics Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 126-127

  Fan, X ^a   Zeng, G ^a   Croke, E ^b   LaBounty, C ^a   Ahn, C C ^c   Vashaee, D ^d   Shakouri, A ^d   Bowers, J E ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b Hughes Aircraft Co   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d University of California Santa Cruz   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOLING; MICROELECTRONICS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR SUPERLATTICES; TEMPERATURE CONTROL;

MICROCOOLERS; SILICON GERMANIDE;

THERMOELECTRIC REFRIGERATION;

EID: 0035137535     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:20010096     Document Type: Article

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