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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 1991
Filed:
Dec. 27, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Warren W Porter, Escondido, CA (US);
Donald K Lauffer, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
NCR Corporation, Dayton, OH (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ; H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
357 81 ; 357 82 ; 357 83 ; 357 87 ; 361382 ; 165 804 ; 3241 / ; 3241 / ;
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for lowering integrated circuit (IC) chip ambient temperatures allow a slow IC chip to simulate a faster, functionally equivalent one for design testing purposes when the faster chip is not yet available. The cooling devices employed include a cryogenic chip cooling apparatus, and a novel thermo-electric chip cooling apparatus using a directly water-cooled Peltier effect device attached to the surface of the IC chip.