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System for making a thermo-active device temperature dependent

  • US 4,621,261 A
  • Filed: 12/19/1983
  • Issued: 11/04/1986
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/21/1982
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A temperature-dependent addressing system comprising:

  • a temperature-dependent device whose operation depends on the local heating applied to a layer of thermo-active material;

    means for producing said local heating, including an assembly of electrodes and a means for passing a transitory electric current through one of said electrodes wherein said assembly of electrodes are situated in the immediate vicinity of said layer;

    a memory means containing data pertaining to the thermal control of said electrodes;

    a means for thermally addressing said one electrode as a function of said data wherein each one of said assembly of electrodes comprises a conducting material having a temperature coefficient;

    a resistance r connected to the output of said electrode wherein at least a portion of said heating current passes through said resistance r, and whereby the potential difference v appearing at the terminals of said resistance r is proportional to the heating of said one electrode;

    an analogue-digital converter which transmits for each of said heating electrodes, said potential difference v to one of the inputs of a comparator wherein the second input of said comparator receives said data relative to the thermal control of said electrode;

    circuit means for adjusting the heating time of said electrode wherein said circuit means is connected to the output of said comparator.

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