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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2006
Filed:
May. 25, 2004
Zachary E. Berndlmaier, North Hero, VT (US);
Edward W. Kiewra, Verbank, NY (US);
Carl J. Radens, LaGrangeville, NY (US);
William R. Tonti, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Zachary E. Berndlmaier, North Hero, VT (US);
Edward W. Kiewra, Verbank, NY (US);
Carl J. Radens, LaGrangeville, NY (US);
William R. Tonti, Essex Junction, VT (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A thermal monitor diode is provided that comprises a silicon thin film on an insulator mounted on a silicon substrate. An opening extends through the silicon thin film and through the insulator and partially into the silicon substrate and terminates at an end wall. A conductive material is disposed in the opening and extends to the end wall. The substrate has a P/N junction formed therein adjacent the end wall, and an insulating spacer material surrounds the conductive material and is sufficiently thin to allow temperature excursions in the silicon thin film to pass therethrough. The invention also contemplates a method of forming the diode.