Thermocouples
AssigneeMesoscribe Technologies, Inc.
InventorsRichard J. Gambino, Jon Patrick Longtin, Jeffrey A. Brogan, Jonathan S. Gutleber, Robert J. Greenlaw
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Abstract
A thermocouple disposed on a substrate comprises a first leg of thermoelectric material, a second leg of thermoelectric material, and a thermocouple junction electrically connecting the first leg and the second leg, wherein a height of the thermocouple junction is substantially a height of the first or second legs.
Claims11
A thermocouple disposed on a substrate comprising:
- a first leg of thermoelectric material;
- a second leg of thermoelectric material, wherein at least one of the first and second legs is formed of a metallic bond coat;
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- a thermocouple junction, wherein the first leg overlaps the second leg, electrically connecting the first leg and the second leg, wherein a height of the thermocouple junction is within 25% of a height of the first or second legs.
A thermocouple wherein a thermocouple junction is formed by continuously varying a composition of a line over a portion of the line, forming a graded junction with substantially a height of a conducting line electrically coupled at the thermocouple junction, wherein the thermocouple is deposited into a groove such that a top surface of the thermocouple junction and the conducting line are substantially level with a surface of a substrate.
A thermocouple disposed on a substrate comprising:
- a first leg of thermoelectric material;
- a second leg of thermoelectric material, wherein at least one of the first and second legs is formed of a metallic bond coat;
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- a graded thermocouple junction formed of a continuously varying composition of the first leg and the second leg, electrically connecting the first leg and the second leg, wherein a height of the thermocouple junction is substantially a height of at least one of the first and second legs, wherein the thermocouple is embedded in an insulating layer.
A thermocouple disposed on a substrate comprising:
- a first leg of thermoelectric material;
- a second leg of thermoelectric material, wherein at least one of the first and second legs is formed of a metallic bond coat;
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- a graded thermocouple junction formed of a continuously varying composition of the first leg and the second leg, electrically connecting the first leg and the second leg, wherein a height of the thermocouple junction is substantially a height of at least one of the first and second legs, wherein the thermocouple is embedded in a thermal barrier coating.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.