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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2012
Stephen P. Ayotte, Bristol, VT (US);
David J. Hill, Richmond, VT (US);
John T. Kinnear, Jr., LaGrangeville, NY (US);
Glen E. Richard, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Timothy M. Sullivan, Essex, VT (US);
Heather M. Truax, Burlington, VT (US);
Stephen P. Ayotte, Bristol, VT (US);
David J. Hill, Richmond, VT (US);
John T. Kinnear, Jr., LaGrangeville, NY (US);
Glen E. Richard, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Timothy M. Sullivan, Essex, VT (US);
Heather M. Truax, Burlington, VT (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Methods and structures provide an electrostatic discharge (ESD) indicator including an electric field sensitive material configured to undergo a specific color change in response to an electric field. An exposure of the structure to an ESD can be visually determined via the specific color change of the ESD indicator.