Applied physics
N 2, 2003

Microminiature semiconductor coolers for radiation detectors

L. P. Bulat
St.-Petersburg State University of Refrigeration and Food Engineering, St.-Petersburg, Russia

   A review of new results in the area of film technologies for development of microminiature thermoelectric coolers for micro- and photo-electronics is given. The theoretical results of the nonlinear and non-local theory of thermoelectric phenomena in microminiature coolers are presented. The criteria of applicability of the traditional approach to the coolers calculation are suggested; the ways of improvement of their power characteristics are shown.

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