MOUNTING DEVICE FOR THERMOELECTRIC MODULE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING TEMPERATURE THEREOF

• Main Authors: IIJIMA KENZABURO, ONOE KATSUHIKO, HOSHI TOSHIHARU
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 14.03.2003
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; CONTROLLING; DEVICES USING STIMULATED EMISSION; ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHTING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ELECTRIC SOLID STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ELECTRICITY; PHYSICS; REGULATING; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a thermoelectric module mounting device as well as a method for controlling its temperature, capable of individually controlling temperature of a plurality of electronic parts, with a small mounting area and less assembling processes. SOLUTION: Related to the thermoelectric module mounting device, a plurality of thin-film heaters 2 of temperature adjusting members, and a thermistor 3 which detects the temperature of a bulk-type thermoelectric module 1 are formed on the bulk-type thermoelectric module 1. A base substrate 4 of Cu-W is formed on the thin-type heater 2 through an insulator, and a thermistor 5 and an LD 6 are formed on the base substrate 4. The thin-film heaters 2 are formed by pasting a nichrome sheet to the bulk-type thermoelectric module 1, or the like with two gold wires 8 connected to each thin-film heater 2. After controlling electrification to the bulk-type thermoelectric module 1 based on the result of temperature detection of the thermistor 3, the thin-film heater 2 is controlled for electrification based on the result of temperature detection of the thermistor 5.