Solid-state microcoolers and thermal energy harvesting microsystems

IECON Proceedings (Industrial Electronics Conference)

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 4040-4044

  Goncalves, L M ^a   Rocha, R P ^a   Carmo, J P ^a   Correia, J H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLD AREA; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATE; KAPTON SUBSTRATE; MICRO SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGIES; MICROCOOLERS; TEMPERATURE DROPS; THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS; THERMAL CO-EVAPORATION; THERMOELECTRIC ELEMENT; THERMOELECTRIC MICROCOOLERS;

ENERGY HARVESTING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MICROSYSTEMS; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS; THERMAL EVAPORATION; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; THERMOGRAPHY (IMAGING);

INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS;

EID: 77951556739     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IECON.2009.5415320     Document Type: Conference Paper

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