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US 2014/0230873 A1Published application
Thermoelectric conversion element and method of manufacturing the same, and heat radiation fin
AssigneeNEC Corporation
InventorsAkihiro Kirihara, Masahiko Ishida, Shigeru Koumoto
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Abstract
A thermoelectric conversion element includes: a magnetic body having a magnetization; and an electromotive body formed of material exhibiting a spin orbit coupling and jointed to the magnetic body. The magnetic body has an upper joint surface jointed to the electromotive body. The upper joint surface has concavities and convexities.
Claims12
A thermoelectric conversion element, comprising:
- a magnetic body having a magnetization;
- and
- a first electromotive body formed of material exhibiting a spin orbit coupling and jointed to said magnetic body,
- wherein said magnetic body has a first joint surface jointed to said first electromotive body, and
- wherein said first joint surface has concavities and convexities.
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A heat radiation fin, comprising:
- a supporting structure;
- a magnetic body jointed to said supporting structure and having a magnetization;
- and
- an electromotive body exhibiting a spin orbit coupling and jointed to said magnetic body
- wherein said supporting structure includes:
- a base member to be coupled to an object to be cooled;
- and
- a plurality of fin members having a plate shape and coupled to said base member, and
- wherein a joint surface on which said magnetic body and said supporting structure are jointed and a joint surface on which said magnetic body and said electromotive body have concavities and convexities.
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A manufacturing method of a thermoelectric conversion element, comprising:
- forming a substrate with a surface having concavities and convexities;
- forming a magnetic body having a magnetization to cover said substrate;
- forming an electromotive body formed of material exhibiting a spin orbit coupling and jointed to said magnetic body so that a joint surface on which said magnetic body and said electromotive body are jointed has concavities and convexities.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.