Thermopile assembly providing a massive electrical series of wire thermocouple elements

A thermopile for withstanding high heat having wires, comprising:

• an electrically positive pre-formed metallic wire;
• an electrically negative pre-formed metallic wire;
• a heat-resistant, electrically-insulative container comprising:
• a plurality of rows of holes configured to receive the electrically-positive pre-formed metallic wires and electrically-negative pre-formed metallic wires;
• each row of holes comprising a plurality of pairs of holes, and connected by a cross-channel to one or more other rows of holes, the cross channel configured to receive an electrically-conductive material;
• each pair of holes connected to one or more other pair of holes in the same row by a cross-channel;
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• each hole in the pair of holes connected to each other with a cross-channel, wherein the electrically-positive pre-formed metallic wires and electrically-negative pre-formed metallic wires form thermocouple elements in the holes, the cross channels form hot junctions and cold junctions of the thermocouple elements, the cross channels are configured to receive the electrically-conductive material to form the hot junctions and cold junctions, and the thermocouple elements are electrically-serially connected throughout the heat-resistant, electrically-insulative container to form the thermopile.

A method of creating a heat-resistant thermopile having wires, comprising:

• inserting electrically-positive pre-formed metallic wires into a first set of holes in a heat-resistant, electrically-insulative container that contains cross-channels to a second set of holes parallel to the first set of holes, with the assistance of a stencil or pin assertion device;
• inserting electrically-negative pre-formed metallic wires into the second set of holes in the heat resistant, electrically-insulative container, with the assistance of a stencil or pin assertion device;
• depositing an electrically-conductive material in the cross channels;
• and
• heating the heat-resistant, electrically-insulative container to sinter or melt the electrically-conductive material, wherein the cross-channels form hot junctions and cold junctions of thermocouple elements created by the electrically-positive pre-formed wires and the electrically-negative pre-formed wires.