US 12,408,553 B2
Thermoelectric element
Man Hue Choi, Seoul (KR); Se Woon Lee, Seoul (KR); Jong Min Lee, Seoul (KR); and Hyung Eui Lee, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG INNOTEK CO., LTD., Seoul (KR)
Appl. No. 18/577,744
Filed by LG INNOTEK CO., LTD., Seoul (KR)
PCT Filed Jul. 12, 2022, PCT No. PCT/KR2022/010134
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 9, 2024,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/287167, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 19, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0090956 (KR), filed on Jul. 12, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0180036 A1, May 30, 2024
Int. Cl. H10N 10/817 (2023.01); H10N 10/17 (2023.01)
CPC H10N 10/817 (2023.02) [H10N 10/17 (2023.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A thermoelectric element comprising:
a first substrate;
an insulating layer disposed on the first substrate;
a first electrode disposed on the insulating layer;
a bonding layer disposed on the first electrode;
a semiconductor structure disposed on the bonding layer;
a second electrode disposed on the semiconductor structure; and
a second substrate formed on the second electrode,
wherein an upper surface of the insulating layer includes a first concave surface vertically overlapping the first electrode,
the bonding layer includes a first area vertically overlapping the first concave surface and the semiconductor structure, and a second area vertically overlapping the first concave surface and not vertically overlapping the semiconductor structure, and
a void density of the first area is smaller than a void density of the second area.