Development of Thin-Film Multijunction Thermal Converters at PTB/IPHT.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Klonz, Manfred; Laiz, Heacutector; Kessler, Ernst
- Source
- IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation & Measurement. Dec2001, Vol. 50 Issue 6, p1490. 9p. 7 Diagrams, 17 Graphs.
- Subject
- *THIN-film circuits
*SEMICONDUCTOR junctions
*THERMIONIC converters
- Language
- ISSN
- 0018-9456
Presents a study that developed a thin-film multijunction thermal converter (PMJTC) in cooperation between Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt and Institut fur Physikalische Hochtechnologie eV. Alternating current-direct current (AC-DC) transfer difference in the audio-frequency range; Level dependence of the AC-DC transfer difference of the PMJTC at low frequencies; Statistics of the mass production of PMJTC.