Download EE-612: Nanoscale Transistors Fall 2006 Mark

Thermoelectric module design:
from first principles to SPICE model
Jesse Maassen and Mark Lundstrom, Purdue University
• TE devices can be used as power generators or coolers.
• Goals: 1) Develop an accurate physics-based TE SPICE model
for co-optimization of TE modules. 2) Extract model parameters
from first principles (assess new materials, limited exp. data).
TE couple: cooler
Equivalent circuit
representation
NEEDS Annual Meeting: May 11-12, 2015
Electronic structure
of Bi2Te3