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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 02, 2013
Applicant:
Commissariat a L'energie Atomique ET Aux Energies Alternatives, Paris, FR;
Inventors:
Emmanuel Defay, Voreppe, FR;
Neil Mathur, Cambridge, GB;
Sohini Kar-Narayan, Cambridge, GB;
Jordane Soussi, Bordeaux, FR;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 7/20 (2006.01); H01L 23/34 (2006.01); F25B 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 7/20336 (2013.01); H01L 23/345 (2013.01); F25B 21/00 (2013.01); H01L 2924/0002 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for limiting temperature variation of an electrical component includes detecting a switch from passive to active states and, in response, varying a potential difference between capacitor electrodes from a first value to a second value, the electrodes being mechanically and electrically insulated from each other by a layer of electrocaloric dielectric, and in response to detecting a switch from active to passive states, varying the potential difference between the electrodes from the second to the first value.