Thermoelectric cooler including a single, solid, and electrically insulative support/plate having a planar side directly affixed to upper electrical connections and non-planar side to a raised structure

A thermoelectric cooler (TEC), comprising:

• elements extending between a top region and a bottom region, the elements electrically coupled in series by upper electrical connections in the top region and by lower electrical connections in the bottom region, the upper electrical connections and the lower electrical connections being electrically conductive;
• a support including a base with a planar side, a non-planar side opposite of the planar side, and a raised structure on the non-planar side extending away from the base;
• and
• the planar side of the support directly affixed to the upper electrical connections, the support being a single, solid, electrically insulative structure extending across the upper electrical connections.

A thermoelectric cooler (TEC), comprising:

• elements extending between a top region and a bottom region, the elements electrically coupled in series by upper electrical connections in the top region and by lower electrical connections in the bottom region, the upper electrical connections and the lower electrical connections being electrically conductive;
• and
• a plate having a top side;
• having a bottom side opposite of the top side, the bottom side directly affixed to the upper electrical connections;
• being a single, solid, electrically insulative structure extending across the upper electrical connections;
• and having a trace directly affixed to the top side.