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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2006
Applicant:
Kevin L. Robinson, Clay, NY (US);
Inventor:
Kevin L. Robinson, Clay, NY (US);
Assignee:
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 37/32 (2006.01); H01L 29/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A circuit including: at least one conductor; a least one vanadium oxide region electrically coupled to the at least one conductor; and, at least one thermionic cooler thermally coupled to the vanadium oxide region; wherein, the thermionic cooler is suitable for transitioning the at least one vanadium oxide region from a first temperature range where the at least one vanadium oxide region is substantially conductive to a second temperature range where the at least one vanadium oxide region is substantially non-conductive.