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US 6,476,483 B1Granted
Method and apparatus for cooling a silicon on insulator device
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsEric Adler, James S. Dunn, Kent E. Morrett, Edward J. Nowak, Stephen A. St. Onge
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Abstract
In an electronic device with an active region on top of and isolated from an substrate, a first material region is defined on top of and/or adjacent to and electrically isolated from the active region and a second material region is attached to a surface of the first material region to form an interface defining a Peltier cooling junction therebetween. A current source connected in series to the first and the second material regions produces a cooling effect at the Peltier cooling junction.
Claims10
An electronic device, comprising:
- a substrate;
- an active region on top of and isolated from the substrate;
- a first material region on top of and/or adjacent to and electrically isolated from the active region;
- a second material region attached to a surface of the first material region to form an interface defining a Peltier cooling junction therebetween;
- a current source connected in series to the first and the second material regions, whereby the current source produces a cooling effect at the Peltier cooling junction and said Peltier cooling junction forms a stud insulated from diffusion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.