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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 20, 1999
Eric Adler, Jericho, VT (US);
James S. Dunn, Jericho, VT (US);
Kent E. Morrett, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Edward J. Nowak, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Stephen A. St. Onge, Colchester, VT (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
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.