Device and method for generating a dielectric barrier discharge
AssigneeTDK Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsStefan Nettesheim, Robert Krumphals, Johann Pichler, Markus Puff
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Abstract
In an embodiment a device includes a thermoelectric component, an electrode arranged opposite the thermoelectric component, a high voltage source configured to generate a high voltage between the thermoelectric component and the electrode sufficient to ignite a dielectric barrier discharge, wherein the thermoelectric component includes two or more thermoelectric elements and metal bridges connecting the thermoelectric elements, and a weakly conductive layer directly contacting the metal bridges and a first ceramic plate.
Claims35
A device comprising:
- a thermoelectric component;
- an electrode arranged opposite the thermoelectric component;
- a high voltage source configured to generate a high voltage between the thermoelectric component and the electrode sufficient to ignite a dielectric barrier discharge,
- wherein the thermoelectric component comprises two or more thermoelectric elements and metal bridges connecting the thermoelectric elements;
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- a weakly conductive layer directly contacting the metal bridges and a first ceramic plate.
A device comprising:
- a thermoelectric component;
- an electrode arranged opposite the thermoelectric component;
- and
- a high voltage source configured to generate a high voltage between the thermoelectric component and the electrode sufficient to ignite a dielectric barrier discharge,
- wherein the thermoelectric component has a metallization on a surface facing the electrode, and
- wherein the high voltage source is configured to apply a high voltage potential to the thermoelectric component.
A device for generating a dielectric barrier discharge, the device comprising:
- a thermoelectric component;
- an electrode arranged opposite the thermoelectric component;
- a high voltage source configured to generate a high voltage between the thermoelectric component and the electrode sufficient to ignite the dielectric barrier discharge,
- wherein the thermoelectric component comprises two or more thermoelectric elements and metal bridges connecting the thermoelectric elements;
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- a weakly conductive layer disposed on an inner side of a first ceramic plate facing the metal bridges,
- wherein the weakly conductive layer has a resistance that is greater by at least a factor of 100 than a resistance of a meander-shaped connection of the thermoelectric elements via the metal bridges.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.