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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2012
Applicants:
Jed H. Rankin, Richmond, VT (US);
Robert R. Robison, Colchester, VT (US);
Dustin K. Slisher, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
Inventors:
Jed H. Rankin, Richmond, VT (US);
Robert R. Robison, Colchester, VT (US);
Dustin K. Slisher, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/06 (2006.01); H01L 21/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An integrated circuit (IC) and a method of making the same. In one embodiment, the IC includes: a substrate; an insulation layer over the substrate; a resistor over the insulation layer; a thermal gate over the resistor; and a heat sink connected to the thermal gate via a substrate contact, the heat sink adapted to receive thermal energy from the resistor via the thermal gate.