TEMPERATURE CONTROLLER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a temperature controller that can be manufactured easily and excellent in the properties of uniform heating and thermal responsiveness and a method for manufacturing the same. SOLUTION: Copper foil electrodes 5, 5, ..., on the upper side of a thermoelectric device 21 between a substrate mounting plate 1 and a cooling plate 3 are adhered to the lower surface of the plate 1 by an adhesive sheet 17 that covers substantially the entire area of the lower surface of the substrate mounting plate 1 and copper foil electrodes 7, 7, ..., on the lower side thereof are adhered to the upper surface of the plate 3 by an adhesive sheet 19 that covers substantially the entire area of the upper surface of the cooling plate 3. The total value of thickness of the adhesive sheet 17 and the copper foil electrode 5 adhered thereto, and the total value of thickness of the adhesive sheet 19 and the copper foil electrode 7 adhered thereto are set to one as small as 25 to 1000 μm, respectively, so that they are thin and the thermal resistance thereof is sufficiently small. Over a wide area that covers at least the entire area corresponding to a substrate 2, thermoelectric transformation elements 9, 13 are dispersed and arranged. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT