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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2005
Fen Chen, Williston, VT (US);
Richard S. Kontra, Williston, VT (US);
Tom C. Lee, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Theodore M. Levin, Winooski, VT (US);
Christopher D. Muzzy, Burlington, VT (US);
Timothy D. Sullivan, Underhill, VT (US);
Fen Chen, Williston, VT (US);
Richard S. Kontra, Williston, VT (US);
Tom C. Lee, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Theodore M. Levin, Winooski, VT (US);
Christopher D. Muzzy, Burlington, VT (US);
Timothy D. Sullivan, Underhill, VT (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A structure and a method for operating the same. The method comprises providing a resistive/reflective region on a substrate, wherein the resistive/reflective region comprises a material having a characteristic of changing the material's reflectance due to the material absorbing heat; sending an electric current through the resistive/reflective region so as to cause a reflectance change in the resistive/reflective region from a first reflectance value to a second reflectance value different from the first reflectance value; and optically reading the reflectance change in the resistive/reflective region.