Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm S. Islam
  • Method and apparatus for cooling a silicon on insulator device
    Patent number: 6476483
    Abstract: In an electronic device with an active region on top of and isolated from an substrate, a first material region is defined on top of and/or adjacent to and electrically isolated from the active region and a second material region is attached to a surface of the first material region to form an interface defining a Peltier cooling junction therebetween. A current source connected in series to the first and the second material regions produces a cooling effect at the Peltier cooling junction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2002
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Eric Adler, James S. Dunn, Kent E. Morrett, Edward J. Nowak, Stephen A. St. Onge