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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.

Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2003

Filed:

Oct. 20, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:

Andrew T. S. Pomerene, Leesburg, VA (US);

Thomas J. McIntyre, Nokesville, VA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/334 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/334 ;
Abstract

An integrated circuit device having a built-in thermoelectric cooling mechanism is disclosed. The integrated circuit device includes a package and a substrate. Contained within the package, the substrate has a front side and a back side. Electric circuits are fabricated on the front side of the substrate, and multiple thermoelectric cooling devices are fabricated on the back side of the same substrate. The thermoelectric cooling devices are utilized to dissipate heat generated by the electric circuits to the package.


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