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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2008
Michael S. Gordon, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Nancy C. Labianca, Yalesville, CT (US);
Kenneth P. Rodbell, Sandy Hook, CT (US);
Michael S. Gordon, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Nancy C. LaBianca, Yalesville, CT (US);
Kenneth P. Rodbell, Sandy Hook, CT (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An integrated circuit and methods of forming and using the integrated circuit. The circuit includes: a radiation-emitting layer over a selected region of a top surface of an integrated circuit chip, the radiation emitting layer comprising a first polymer or resin and a first radioactive material, the region smaller than a whole of the top surface of the integrated circuit chip, the region including a circuit that is liable to temporary failure when struck by radiation generated by the first radioactive material.