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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2007
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2003
Avto Tavkhelidze, Tbilisi, GA (US);
Zaza Taliashvili, Tbilisi, GA (US);
Avto Tavkhelidze, Tbilisi, GA (US);
Zaza Taliashvili, Tbilisi, GA (US);
Borealis Technical Limited, , GI;
Abstract
In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, a Gap Diode is disclosed in which a tubular actuating element serves as both a housing for a pair of electrodes () and as a means for controlling the separation between the electrode pair. In a preferred embodiment, the tubular actuating element () is a quartz piezo-electric tube. In accordance with another embodiment of the present invention, a Gap Diode is disclosed which is fabricated by micromachining techniques in which the separation of the electrodes () is controlled by piezo-electric, electrostrictive or magnetostrictive actuators. Preferred embodiments of Gap Diodes include Cool Chips, Power Chips, and photoelectric converters.