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US 11,799,020 B1Granted
Thermal diode switch
AssigneePsiquantum, Corp.
InventorsFaraz Najafi, Qiaodan Jin Stone, Andrea Bahgat Shehata
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Abstract
The various embodiments described herein include methods, devices, and systems for fabricating and operating diodes. In one aspect, an electrical circuit includes: (1) a diode component having a particular energy band gap; (2) an electrical source electrically coupled to the diode component and configured to bias the diode component in a particular state; and (3) a heating component thermally coupled to a junction of the diode component and configured to selectively supply heat corresponding to the particular energy band gap.
Claims17
A thermal switch, comprising:
- a diode having a particular energy band gap;
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- a heating component thermally coupled to a junction of the diode and configured to selectively supply heat corresponding to the particular energy band gap.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.