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US 10,866,039 B2Granted
Thermal transistor
AssigneesTsinghua University, Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
InventorsZheng Duan, Chang-Hong Liu, Shou-Shan Fan
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Abstract
A thermal transistor is provided. The thermal transistor includes a metallic thermal conductor, a non-metallic thermal conductor, and a thermal resistance adjusting unit. The metallic thermal conductor and the non-metallic thermal conductor are contact with each other to form a thermal interface. The thermal resistance adjusting unit is configured to generate an bias voltage U12 between the metallic thermal conductor and the non-metallic thermal conductor.
Claims10
A thermal transistor, comprising:
- a metallic thermal conductor, a non-metallic thermal conductor, and a thermal resistance adjusting unit;
- the metallic thermal conductor and the non-metallic thermal conductor are in contact with each other to form a thermal interface;
- wherein a material of the non-metallic thermal conductor is buckypaper with a density ranging from 1.2 g/cm3 to 1.3 g/cm3;
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- the thermal resistance adjusting unit is configured to generate a bias voltage U12 between the metallic thermal conductor and the non-metallic thermal conductor.
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