SPICE model of thermoelectric elements including thermal effects

Author

Chávez, J.A. ; Ortega, J.A. ; Salazar, J. ; Turó, A. ; GArcia, M.J.

Author_Institution

Dept. d´´Enginyeria Electron., Univ. Politecnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain

Volume

2

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

1019

Abstract

An electrical model for a Peltier cell, based on the analogy between thermal and electrical variables, is proposed. The use of thermal models allows the global performance of thermocooling circuit and signal system to be checked by using electrical circuit analysis programs such as SPICE. The maximum error in the steady state between measured and simulated temperatures are less than 0.3°C for hot temperature and less than 0.2°C for cold temperature with 31.7°C of temperature change

Keywords

Peltier effect; SPICE; circuit simulation; cooling; equivalent circuits; heat sinks; semiconductor device models; 0.2 C; 0.3 C; 31.7 C; PbSe; PbSe array gas detector; Peltier cell; SPICE; SPICE model; electrical circuit analysis programs; electrical model; error; global performance; measured temperatures; signal system; simulated temperatures; thermal effects; thermocooling circuit; thermoelectric elements; Circuit simulation; Conducting materials; Cooling; Resistance heating; SPICE; Sensor arrays; Steady-state; Temperature measurement; Thermoelectric devices; Thermoelectricity;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, 2000. IMTC 2000. Proceedings of the 17th IEEE

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD

ISSN

1091-5281

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5890-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IMTC.2000.848895

Filename

848895