Title
Characterization of the thermal behavior of PN thermoelectric couples by scanning thermal microscope
Abstract
In this paper, we present the temperature profile measurements of a PN thermoelectric couple. The study is made in the AC regime. A couple is fed by a sinusoidal current and, using a scanning thermal microscope (SThM) and a lock-in scheme, we measure the amplitude and the phase of the first harmonic of the temperature along the surface of the couple. The influence of frequency is observed and we present a model which predicts the thermal behavior of the couple. The results of this model are in excellent agreement with the measurements.
Year
DOI
Venue
2004
10.1016/j.mejo.2004.06.010
Microelectronics Journal
Keywords
Field
DocType
Thermoelectric device,Atomic force microscopy,Thermal properties identification
Thermal,Scanning electron microscope,Harmonic,p–n junction,Microscope,Engineering,Amplitude,Alternating current,Thermoelectric effect,Condensed matter physics
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
35
10
0026-2692
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
4
1.38
0
Authors
7