Patent ID: 8952499
Filing Date: 2015-02-10
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
1. An integrated circuit comprising: a substrate including a first surface and a second surface that are substantially parallel to each other; a plurality of transistors, each of the plurality of transistors including a plurality of resistance heaters laminated at least one onto a different area of the second surface alone, the different area of the second surface being located across the substrate from the electrode included in a different one of the plurality of transistors, each of the plurality of resistance heaters being configured to produce heat by allowing electric current to flow; and a plurality of switches, each of the plurality of switches (i) connecting a different one of the plurality of resistance heaters with a current source and (ii) being configured to allow or prevent flow of electric current between the different one of the plurality of the resistance heaters and the current source, thereby allowing the plurality of resistance heaters to selectively heat the plurality of transistors to raise a temperature of a selected one of the plurality of transistors to a first temperature higher than a second temperature of others of the plurality of transistors.