Cooling By Change Of State, E.g., Use Of Heat Pipes (epo) Patents (Class 257/E23.088)
  • Patent number: 11963335
    Abstract: Particular embodiments described herein provide for an electronic device that can be configured to include a sandwich plate construction heatsink. The sandwich plate construction heatsink can include a cold plate, one or more heat pipes over the cold plate, and a top plate over the one or more heat pipes. The cold plate can include a channel to accommodate the one or more heat pipes and/or the top plate can include a channel to accommodate the one or more heat pipes. The cold plate can be over a heat source in the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Juha Tapani Paavola, Jerrod Peterson, Justin M. Huttula, Ellann Cohen, Ruander Cardenas
  • Patent number: 11957303
    Abstract: An apparatus configured for heat dissipation that includes a heat source, a heat sink and a heat conducting element. The heat conducting element conducts heat energy from the heat source to the heat sink along a heat conducting path, and the heat conducting element is arranged in such a way on the heat source and the heat sink and is configured to physically change in such a way with increasing temperature of the heat conducting element that: a) a first cross-sectional area between the heat source and the heat conducting element and/or a second cross-sectional area between the heat conducting element of the heat sink increases, and/or b) a length of the heat conducting path shortens. Further, a video endoscope having such an apparatus and a use of such an apparatus is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: KARL STORZ SE & Co. KG
    Inventors: Andreas Heni, Markus Kupferschmid, Daniel Ulmschneider, Jonas Forster
  • Patent number: 11933546
    Abstract: A thermal compensation layer includes a metal inverse opal (MIO) layer that includes a plurality of core-shell phase change (PC) particles encapsulated within a metal of the MIO layer. Each of the core-shell PC particles includes a core that includes a PCM having a PC temperature in a range of from 100° C. to 250° C., and a shell that includes a shell material having a melt temperature greater than the PC temperature of the PCM. A power electronics assembly includes a substrate having a thermal compensation layer formed proximate a surface of the substrate, the thermal compensation layer comprising an MIO layer that includes a plurality of core-shell PC particles encapsulated within a metal of the MIO layer. The power electronics assembly further includes an electronic device bonded to the thermal compensation layer at a first surface of the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Shailesh N. Joshi, Ercan Mehmet Dede
  • Patent number: 11903166
    Abstract: A thermal management system for cooling electronics includes an immersion tank, a working fluid in the immersion tank, a heat exchanger, a first fluid conduit, and a second fluid conduit. The heat exchanger is configured to transfer thermal energy from the working fluid to ambient air to cool the working fluid. The first fluid conduit provides fluid communication from the immersion tank to the heat exchanger, and the second fluid conduit provides fluid communication from the heat exchanger to a spray nozzle to spray working fluid into the immersion tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Eric C. Peterson, Husam Atallah Alissa, Bharath Ramakrishnan
  • Patent number: 11895805
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing an electronic cooling apparatus comprising a chassis having an internal space that is sized/shaped to receive/structurally support circuit card(s). The internal space defined by sidewalls with a channel formed therein in which a coolant is disposed. The coolant is in thermal communication with the circuit card(s) via the sidewall(s) when the circuit card(s) is(are) disposed in the chassis. A refrigerant-based cooling system is disposed in the chassis and comprises an evaporator having inlet/outlet ports coupled to the channel of the chassis to define a first closed-loop channel for the coolant within the chassis. The evaporator facilitates heat transfer from the coolant to a refrigerant flowing through a second closed-loop channel of the chassis at least partially defined by the evaporator. A pump is disposed in the chassis and configured to cause the coolant to flow through the first closed-loop channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Eagle Technology, LLC
    Inventors: Donald S. George, William Joel D. Johnson
  • Patent number: 11849534
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a system, for designing and developing immersion cooling in data centers. The system includes an internet technology (IT) tank that houses a computing device immersed in a two phase coolant; an aisle, in which the immersion tank is disposed, that captures a first vaporized portion of the two phase coolant escaped from the immersion tank; a condenser that transforms the first vaporized portion of the two phase coolant that escaped from the immersion tank into a first liquid portion of the two phase coolant; a second condenser captures and condenses a second portion of vapor; and a liquid distributor manages the cooling fluid and coolant fluid for the IT tank and two condensers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: BAIDU USA LLC
    Inventor: Tianyi Gao
  • Patent number: 11837522
    Abstract: An information handling system includes a printed circuit board (PCB) and an integrated circuit device. The integrated circuit device includes a substrate and a die that is bonded via a first surface of the die to a first surface of the substrate. The substrate includes a ball grid array (BGA) on the first surface of the substrate. The integrated circuit device is bonded to a first surface of the PCB via the BGA. The die is collocated with the cutout area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Qinghong He, Isaac Q. Wang
  • Patent number: 11800687
    Abstract: A heat transfer assembly includes a heat plate coupled to a spring and to a graphite sheet. The spring is at first location corresponding to a heat source in an assembled device. The graphite sheet extends over at least a middle portion of the spring and over portions of the heat plate. The graphite sheet is coupled to a thermal pad positioned above a given surface of the heat source. The spring provides a compressive force on the thermal pad when the device is in an assembled state. The compressive force enhances thermal conductivity between the heat source and the heat transfer assembly. The heat plate may be positioned within and thermally coupled to a cover of the device. Principally by use of the thermal pad, graphite sheet, and thermal plate, heat generated by the heat source is transferred to the cover and then to the external environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: DISH Network L.L.C.
    Inventors: SvitLana Trygubova, Steven Allen Nedved
  • Patent number: 11610830
    Abstract: A power semiconductor module includes a power semiconductor chip arranged between a first substrate and a second substrate and electrically coupled to the substrates, and a temperature sensor arranged between the substrates and laterally besides the power semiconductor chip such that a first side of the temperature sensor faces the first substrate and a second side of the temperature sensor faces the second substrate. A first electrical contact of the temperature sensor is arranged on the first side and electrically coupled to the first substrate. A second electrical contact of the temperature sensor is arranged on the second side and electrically coupled to the second substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Christian Schweikert, Juergen Hoegerl, Olaf Hohlfeld, Waldemar Jakobi
  • Patent number: 11594469
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a vapor chamber lid for high power applications such as chip-on-wafer-on-substrate (CoWoS) applications using high performance processors (e.g., graphics processing unit (GPU)) and methods of manufacturing the same. The vapor chamber lid provides a thermal solution which enhances the thermal performance of a package with multiple chips. The vapor chamber lid improves hot spot dissipation in high performance chips, for example, at the three-dimensional (3D-IC) packaging level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY. LTD.
    Inventors: Shih-Chang Ku, Hung-Chi Li, Tsung-Shu Lin, Tsung-Yu Chen, Wensen Hung
  • Patent number: 11523547
    Abstract: An electrical device with buoyancy-enhanced cooling is provided. The electrical device includes a housing having a first portion including a heat sink and a second portion coupled to the first portion. The heat sink includes a plurality of hollow fins. A cover plate is positioned within the housing and is coupled to the first portion of the housing. The cover plate defines openings between an interior of the housing and the plurality of hollow fins and the openings are located at each end of each hollow fin. Further, an electrical component is positioned within the interior of the housing. Air heated by the electrical component is permitted to circulate within the housing and is directed through the hollow fins based on buoyancy forces (e.g., such that the air is permitted to cool within the hollow fins based on conduction, convection, and/or radiation).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Vertiv Corporation
    Inventors: Srinivasan Natarajan, Utkarsh D Charapale
  • Patent number: 11441825
    Abstract: A cooling system includes a dual plate structure having a porous material disposed between the plates such that the porous material is sealed from ambient at a pressure less than ambient. A cooling device is thermally coupled to a mobile device supported by the structure and actively removes heat from the mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Steven J. Eickhoff, Paul Bryant Koeneman, Jeffrey Michael Klein, Wei Yang, Jong Park, Gustav Rustan
  • Patent number: 11395439
    Abstract: The present technology relates to heat dissipation systems which may include vapor chambers. Vapor chambers may include top body portions and bottom body portions. A bottom body portion may include a first bottom side and a first perimeter wall extending from a perimeter of the first bottom side. The top body portion may be coupled to the first perimeter wall, and the bottom body portion may define an opening extending between a first inner surface and a first outer surface of the bottom side. Vapor chambers may also include an insert body formed separately from the bottom body portion. The insert body extends through the opening and is coupled to the bottom body portion. A sealed interior volume of the vapor chamber may comprise a first portion defined by the top body portion and the first bottom side; and a second portion defined by the opening and the insert body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Heatscape.com, Inc.
    Inventors: Ali Mira, Yashar Mira, Michael Mira
  • Patent number: 11266040
    Abstract: A heat transport device is disclosed. The heat transport device includes a heat pipe and a heat spreader. The heat pipe, which is thermally connecting to a heating element, includes a heat receiving surface for receiving heat from the heating element, and a side surface intersecting with the heat receiving surface. The heat spreader, which is thermally connecting to the heat pipe, includes a first plate member having a first side surface thermally connecting to the side surface of the heat pipe, and a second plate member having a side surface thermally connecting to a second side surface of the first plate member opposite to the first side surface in contact with the heat pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD
    Inventors: Akinori Uchino, Takuroh Kamimura, Atsushi Ohyama, Ryota Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11152283
    Abstract: Systems and devices for cooling servers are provided. In one aspect, a cooling device includes a first axial pump including a body having an impeller, the first axial pump coupled to a first pump housing, the first axial pump housing coupled to a chassis, a rack, a row of racks, or one or more racks of the row of racks that are housing one or more servers. The cooling device also includes an inlet pipe coupled to an inlet of the first pump housing, the inlet pipe supplying cooling fluid to the first axial pump. The cooling device also includes an outlet pipe having an outlet coupled to the first pump housing, the outlet pipe receiving the cooling fluid from the first axial pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
    Inventors: John Franz, Harvey J. Lunsman, Tahir Cader
  • Patent number: 11026349
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a telecommunications enclosure. The telecommunications enclosure includes a housing defining an interior and including at least one cable port. The telecommunications enclosure also includes a printed circuit board in the interior of the housing and heat generating components on the printed circuit board. The telecommunications enclosure further includes a heat sink assembly in the interior of the housing. The heat sink assembly includes a thermally conductive plate mounted to transfer heat to the housing; and heat sink components extending from a first face of the thermally conductive plate. Each heat sink component corresponds to and is in alignment with one of the heat generating components. The heat sink assembly is a separate component from the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Charles Taylor, David Patrick Murray, David Thomas
  • Patent number: 10959353
    Abstract: A cooling device is provided with a cooling unit that includes a cold plate extending in a first direction; a pump and a tank disposed on one side in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction of the cold plate; and a partition member extending in the first direction and covering the cold plate on one side in the second direction. The cold plate includes a first refrigerant flow path through which a refrigerant flows in the first direction. The pump includes a pump chamber where a rotating body is accommodated. The tank includes a tank chamber storing the refrigerant and a first tank hole part communicating with the pump chamber. The partition member, including a first hole part that communicates the first flow path and the tank chamber, is provided on one side in the first direction with respect to the first hole part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshihiko Tokeshi, Takehito Tamaoka, Nobuya Nakae
  • Patent number: 10869384
    Abstract: A circuit board heat dissipation assembly includes a circuit board, a heat sink, a metal back plate, a heat pipe, and a pressing member. The circuit board has a front side and a rear side, and the front side has at least one heat generating area. The heat sink is disposed in the heat generating area. The metal back plate is disposed at a spacing from the rear side of the circuit board. The heat pipe has a first end, a bend segment, and a second end. The first end is connected to the heat sink. The second end is in contact with the metal back plate. The bend segment connects the first end and the second end at a side edge of the circuit board. The pressing member is fixed on the metal back plate and presses the second end onto the metal back plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hung-Cheng Chen, Tse-Hsien Liao
  • Patent number: 10477729
    Abstract: Receptacle assembly includes a receptacle cage and a thermal-transfer module that is coupled to a thermal side of the receptacle cage. The thermal-transfer module has a base portion and a plurality of heat-transfer fins coupled to the base portion. The thermal-transfer module is configured to absorb thermal energy from a pluggable transceiver in the receptacle cage and transfer the thermal energy through the base portion and to the heat-transfer fins. The receptacle assembly also includes a retention clip configured to hold the thermal-transfer module to the receptacle cage. The retention clip includes a resilient beam that extends across the thermal-transfer module. The resilient beam directly engages at least some of the heat-transfer fins and applies a resilient force against the heat-transfer fins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignees: TE CONNECTIVITY CORPORATION, TYCO ELECTRONICS (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hongqiang Han, Jiwang Jin, Wenyu Liu, Nikhil Shankar, Alex Michael Sharf, Chenxi Wang
  • Patent number: 10433460
    Abstract: A data center cabinet includes a cabinet body, an oil distribution device and a plurality of liquid distributors. The cabinet body includes a number of mounting racks. The cabinet body is sequentially mounted with a number of server housings from high to low. A server is placed in the server housing. A liquid distributor is provided above each of the server housings. The oil distribution device is connected to the liquid distributor via an oil intake device. Cooling liquid oil is pumped into the oil distribution device by a pump, the oil distribution device distributes oil flow to the liquid distributor under the pressure of the pump, and the liquid distributor sprays the cooling liquid oil to the server for cooling. The present invention also relates to a pressure spray system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: GUANGDONG HI-1 NEW MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE CO., LTD
    Inventors: Wei Wang, Wei Xiao, Changlei Ren
  • Patent number: 10433459
    Abstract: A data center cabinet includes a cabinet body, an oil distributor and a plurality of liquid distributors. The cabinet body is sequentially mounted with a plurality of server housings from high to low. A liquid distributor is provided above each of the plurality of server housings. The present invention also relates to a gravity spray system. On the one hand, as cooling liquid oil is concentrated in an oil distributor tank disposed above, the oil automatically flows along an oil passage under gravity, and there is no need to provide pressure in the oil passage, thus reducing the power consumption of an oil pump, improving the coefficient of performance (COP) of a heat dissipation system and reducing the overall PUE of a data center. An oil quantity regulator in an oil distribution unit is used to ensure consistent flow rate distributed to each layer of server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: GUANGDONG HI-1 NEW MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE CO., LTD
    Inventors: Wei Wang, Wei Xiao, Changlei Ren
  • Patent number: 10371462
    Abstract: A one-piece heat exchanger manufactured using an additive manufacturing process is described. The heat exchanger includes a plurality of channels formed therein. At least some of the plurality of channels may be configured to provide structural support to the heat exchanger to reduce its weight. Different coolant media may be used in a first set and a second set of the plurality of channels to provide different types of cooling in an integrated one-piece heat exchanger structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: David L. Vos, Ryan M. Alderfer, Randall J. Stutzman
  • Patent number: 10327355
    Abstract: A water-cooling heat dissipation device includes a vapor chamber, a heat conduction cylinder, and a cover. A first chamber is formed in the vapor chamber. The heat conduction cylinder extends from a surface of the vapor chamber. A second chamber communicating with the first chamber is formed in the heat conduction cylinder. A working fluid flows in the first chamber and the second chamber. The cover covers the vapor chamber; the heat conduction cylinder is disposed in the cover. By means of the working fluid flowing in the first chamber and the second chamber which communicate with each other, heat can be delivered rapidly from the vapor chamber to the heat conduction cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: COOLER MASTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jen-Cheng Lin
  • Patent number: 10128587
    Abstract: A power connection apparatus assembly has first and second power connection apparatuses. The first apparatus includes a connecting unit and a first circuit board. The connecting unit has a conductive member and a positioning member, the conductive member has a mounting plate portion and an inserting plate portion bending from the mounting plate portion and extending. The mounting plate portion has a positioning hole, the positioning member has a flat plate portion cooperating with the mounting plate portion and a protruding post protruding from the flat plate portion to correspondingly pass through the positioning hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventor: Yi-Tse Ho
  • Patent number: 9997434
    Abstract: An example device in accordance with an aspect of the present disclosure includes a substrate that may be disposed in a housing. The substrate includes a sprayer to spray coolant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
    Inventors: Niru Kumari, Tahir Cader, Sergio Escobar-Vargas, Cullen E. Bash
  • Patent number: 9847507
    Abstract: A display panel includes: a substrate including a first substrate layer which includes a glass material and a second substrate layer contacting the first substrate layer and which includes a polymer material; a thin film transistor disposed on the substrate; and a light emitting element disposed on the thin film transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hong Ro Lee, Chung Hwan Lee
  • Patent number: 9693488
    Abstract: An electronic assembly comprises a semiconductor device that has conductive pads on a semiconductor first side and a metallic region on a semiconductor second side opposite the first side. A lead frame provides respective separate terminals that are electrically and mechanically connected to corresponding conductive pads. A first heat sink comprises a first component having a mating side. A portion of the mating side is directly bonded with the metallic region of the semiconductor device. A circuit board has an opening for receiving the semiconductor device. The lead frame extends outward toward the circuit board or a board first side of the circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: Brij N. Singh, Thomas Roan, Andrew D. Wieland, Neal D. Clements
  • Patent number: 9665139
    Abstract: According to various embodiments, a computer system may be provided. The computer system may include: a housing with a protrusion; a heat generating device; a heat exchanger; and a heat pipe configured to transfer heat from a first end of the heat pipe to a second end of the heat pipe. The first end of the heat pipe may be coupled to the heat generating device. The second end of the heat pipe may be coupled to the heat exchanger. The second end of the heat pipe may be arranged in the protrusion of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: RAZER (ASIA-PACIFIC) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: John Alexander Wilson, Robert Haden Garrett
  • Patent number: 8901719
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a transition from a chip to a waveguide port (47, 47?, 11), the chip (1, 1?, 62) having a first main side (3, 3?, 66) and a second main side (4, 4?, 67), where the first main side (3, 3?, 66) comprises at least one input port (35, 36, 37, 38, 39), arranged to receive an input signal, at least one output port (44, 45; 72), arranged to output an output signal, and at least one electrical functionality. One port (44, 72) of said ports (44, 45; 72; 35, 36, 37, 38, 39) is electrically connected to an electrically conducting probe (48, 48?, 73) that is arranged to extend from said one port (44, 72) and at least partly over the waveguide port (47, 47?, 77) such that a signal may be transferred between said one port (44, 72) and the waveguide port (47, 47?, 77). The present invention also relates to a corresponding package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Optis Cellular Technology, LLC
    Inventor: Per Ligander
  • Patent number: 8879261
    Abstract: A heat-dissipating device for an electronic apparatus can include: a thermal base coupled to a first electronic component in such a manner that enables heat-transfer therebetween so that heat generated by the first electronic component mounted on a substrate is absorbed thereby; and a vibrating capillary-shaped heat-pipe loop comprising a first heat-absorption portion coupled with the thermal base in such a manner that enables heat-transfer therebetween and a heat-dissipating portion configured to dissipate heat absorbed by the first heat-absorption portion, the heat-pipe loop having working fluid injected thereinto. The heat-pipe loop can be radially disposed with a central area thereof hollowed out, and an assembly area of a coupling member can be exposed in the central area so that the coupling member for coupling the thermal base to the substrate is coupled through the central area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Icepipe Corporation
    Inventor: Sang-Cheol Lee
  • Patent number: 8860212
    Abstract: A fluid cooled semiconductor die package includes a package support substrate with a die mounting surface and an opposite package mounting surface. The package support substrate has external connector solder deposits on respective external connector pads of the package mounting surface, and a package fluid inlet duct and a package fluid outlet duct each providing fluid communication between the die mounting surface and package mounting surface. A semiconductor die is mounted on the die mounting surface. The die has external terminals electrically connected to the external connector pads. An inlet solder deposit is soldered to an inlet pad of the package mounting surface. The inlet pad surrounds an entrance of the fluid inlet duct. An outlet solder deposit is soldered to an outlet pad of the package mounting surface. The outlet pad surrounds an exit of the package fluid inlet duct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventors: Chee Seng Foong, Tim V. Pham
  • Patent number: 8841768
    Abstract: A chip package is provided, the chip package including: first encapsulation structure; first passivation layer formed over first encapsulation structure and first electrically conductive layer formed over first passivation layer; at least one chip arranged over first electrically conductive layer and passivation layer wherein at least one chip contact pad contacts first electrically conductive layer; at least one cavity formed in first encapsulation structure, wherein at least one cavity exposes a portion of first passivation layer covering at least one chip contact pad; second encapsulation structure disposed over first encapsulation structure and covering at least one cavity, wherein a chamber region over at least one chip contact pad is defined by at least one cavity and second encapsulation structure; wherein second encapsulation structure includes an inlet and outlet connected to chamber region, wherein inlet and outlet control an inflow and outflow of heat dissipating material to and from chamber region
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Carsten Von Koblinski, Michael Knabl, Ursula Meyer, Francisco Javier Santos Rodriguez, Alexander Breymesser, Andre Brockmeier
  • Patent number: 8756810
    Abstract: A board-shaped heat dissipating device includes a board body having a plane face with a recess formed thereon, a heat conducting element fitted in the recess, at least one groove formed on any one of the board body and the heat conducting element, and at least one heat pipe pressed into the groove to flush with an open side of the groove. After the heat pipe is pressed into the groove and the heat conducting element is firmly fitted in the recess, portions of the heat conducting element that are higher than the plane face are removed through a cut operation, so that the heat conducting element is flush with the plane face of the board body to reduce the space occupied by the heat dissipating device. With the above arrangements, the problem of thermal resistance can be avoided and upgraded overall heat dissipation efficiency can be achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Asia Vital Components Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ping Chen, Shu-Chun Yu
  • Patent number: 8755186
    Abstract: An economical heat pipe type cooling device with high performance and stable start at low environmental temperatures below 0° C., and a railcar control equipment using the invented heat pipe type cooling device are provided. The midsection between two bents formed on a heat pipe is used as an evaporator; lengths of two distal sections to be used as the condenser sections are intentionally differentiated each from the other; and the condenser section of greater length is provided with heat radiating fins more than those on the condenser section of shorter length. This configuration permits each of two condenser sections to be provided with mutually different condensing capacity and accordingly the condenser section of shorter length works to cool heat-generating elements even though the condenser section of greater length would suffer from freezing problem at low temperatures. A sufficient cooling effect is rendered at ordinary temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi Power Solutions Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hironori Kitajima, Hitoshi Sakayori, Yuuzou Shiraishi
  • Patent number: 8739405
    Abstract: An evaporator for a looped heat pipe (LHP) system, in which a working fluid circulates to cool heat generating electronic components that generate heat during operation, the evaporator including: a body comprising an inlet through which the working fluid enters and an outlet through which the working fluid is discharged; a sintered wick that is included in the body, wherein the sintered wick is formed by sintering a metal powder, and a plurality of pores are formed in the sintered wick; and an additional layer that is formed on a vaporization surface of the sintered wick where evaporation of the working fluid occurs, wherein a plurality of through holes are formed in the additional layer such that the working fluid changed into a vapor state passes through the additional layer after passing the sintered wick.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Zalman Tech Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jee Hoon Choi, Jung Hyun Yoo, Byung Ho Sung, Yun Keun Lee, Min Whan Seo
  • Patent number: 8714302
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments are directed to a cooling apparatus for cooling a power electronic device, the apparatus including at least one panel that is adapted to be thermally connected to a heat source in order to receive heat from the heat source. The panel is also adapted to be thermally in contact with an air flow in order to transfer heat from the panel. The panel includes at least one hole between a first side of the panel and a second side of the panel. The hole is adapted to attenuate a vibrating air pressure generated by an acoustic noise source and carried by the air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: ABB Research Ltd
    Inventors: Thomas Gradinger, Francesco Agostini
  • Patent number: 8704344
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the present disclosure provide the design and manufacture of an ultra-small chip assembly. The ultra-small chip assembly comprises a die, a plate-like back electrode disposed on the back-side of the die, and one or more plate-like positive electrodes disposed on the front-side of the die. The ultra-small chip assembly is configured such that one end of the plate-like back electrode extends beyond a first side of the die, and each of the one or more plate-like positive electrodes includes an end which extends beyond a second side of the die. By attaching both the plate-like back electrode and the plate-like positive electrodes on the surfaces of the die, and directly using the exposed ends of the plate-like electrodes as the lead-out electrodes for the chip assembly, the electrical connections outside of the die only occupy a very small volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Diodes Incorporated
    Inventors: Hongtao Gao, Jiang Yuan Zhang
  • Patent number: 8648462
    Abstract: A semiconductor power module includes an active element and a passive element serving as semiconductor elements each having a first electrode on a front surface and a second electrode on a back surface thereof, a heat pipe having a first region defined as arrangement parts of the active element and the passive element on its one end side and electrically connected to one of the first and second electrodes of the active element and the passive element arranged in the first region, a cooling fin arranged in a second region defined on the other end side of the heat pipe, and a heat pipe provided to sandwich the active element, the passive element, and the cooling fin arranged on the heat pipe along with the heat pipe and electrically connected to the other of the first and second electrodes of the active element and passive element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Koichi Ushijima
  • Patent number: 8598702
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a semiconductor package. The semiconductor package includes a semiconductor module, a first heat dissipation unit, a second heat dissipation unit and a housing. The semiconductor module contains a semiconductor device. The first heat dissipation unit is provided under the semiconductor module. The first heat dissipation unit includes at least one first pipe through which first cooling water passes. A first rotator is rotatably disposed in the first pipe. The second heat dissipation unit is provided on the semiconductor module. The second heat dissipation unit includes at least one second pipe through which second cooling water passes. A second rotator is rotatably disposed in the second pipe. The housing is provided on opposite sides of the semiconductor module, the first heat dissipation unit and the second heat dissipation unit and supports the semiconductor module, the first heat dissipation unit and the second heat dissipation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young Hoon Kwak, Kwang Soo Kim, Young Ki Lee
  • Patent number: 8564120
    Abstract: By providing heat dissipation elements or heat pipes in temperature critical areas of a semiconductor device, enhanced performance, reliability and packing density may be achieved. The heat dissipation elements may be formed on the basis of standard manufacturing techniques and may be positioned in close proximity to individual transistor elements and/or may be used for shielding particular circuit portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony Mowry, David Farber, Fred Hause, Markus Lenski
  • Patent number: 8471380
    Abstract: An encapsulated microelectronic package includes a fluid conducting cooling tube directly coupled to one or more semiconductor chips, with the encapsulant being molded over the semiconductor chips and portions of the cooling tube in proximity to the semiconductor chips. The encapsulant immobilizes the cooling tube with respect to the semiconductor chips, and the cooling tube and encapsulant are designed to minimize differences in their coefficients of thermal expansion relative to the semiconductor chips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott D. Brandenburg, Suresh K. Chengalva, Thomas A. Degenkolb
  • Patent number: 8405992
    Abstract: A power-electronic arrangement comprising semiconductor components (102, 103, 107), a heat exchanger (110), and an electrically conductive element (109) is presented. The heat exchanger comprises evaporator channels (111) and condenser channels (112) for working fluid. The electrically conductive element comprises a contact surface providing a thermal contact to outer surfaces of walls of the evaporator channels for transferring heat from the electrically conductive element to the evaporator channels. A main current terminal of each semiconductor component is bonded to the electrically conductive element which thus forms a part of a main current circuitry of a power system. As the main current terminal is directly bonded to the electrically conductive element cooled with the heat exchanger, the temperature gradients inside the semiconductor components can be kept moderate, and thus the temperatures inside the semiconductor components can be limited.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: ABB Research Ltd.
    Inventors: Berk Yesin, Bruno Agostini, Christoph Haederli, Chunlei Liu, Francesco Agostini, Hamit Duran, Slavo Kicin
  • Patent number: 8395255
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a cooling function component including an active region made of an impurity region and formed on a surface of a semiconductor layer, an N-type gate made of a semiconductor including an N-type impurity, a P-type gate made of a semiconductor including a P-type impurity, a first metal wiring connected to the N-type gate, the P-type gate and the active region, a second metal wiring connected to the P-type gate and the N-type gate, and a heat releasing portion connected to the second metal wiring for releasing heat to the outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Rui Morimoto
  • Patent number: 8286694
    Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus including aluminum alloy vessel, the vessel including aluminum in combination with a gettering metal and a method for making such apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Thermal Corp.
    Inventors: John H. Rosenfeld, G. Yale Eastman
  • Patent number: 8283773
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes an insulating substrate having a ceramic substrate and metal coating layers on opposite surfaces of the ceramic substrate, a semiconductor chip mounted on one surface of the insulating substrate, a heat sink directly or indirectly fixed to the other surface of the insulating substrate and thermally connected to the semiconductor chip through the insulating substrate and at least one anti-warping sheet disposed on at least one surface of the heat sink. The anti-warping sheet is made of a metal sheet having a coating layer and has coefficient of thermal expansion between those of the insulating substrate and the heat sink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki
    Inventors: Shogo Mori, Eiji Kono, Keiji Toh
  • Patent number: 8248785
    Abstract: An exemplary electronic device includes an enclosure, two electronic components received in the enclosure, a heat sink, and a thermal insulation member. The enclosure defines a receiving space for receiving the electronic components and the thermal insulation member. Two ventilating holes are defined in the enclosure. The thermal insulating member defines a heat dissipating passage therein, communicating with the exterior via the ventilating holes of the enclosure. The heat sink is received in the heat dissipating passage and thermally coupled to the electronic components for dissipating heat from the electronic components. The heat dissipating passage is substantially thermally insulated from the part of the receiving space of the enclosure having the electronic components by the thermal insulation member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Zhi-Bin Guan
  • Patent number: 8243449
    Abstract: A heat-transporting device includes a working fluid, a vessel, a vapor-phase flow path, and a liquid-phase flow path. The working fluid transports heat using a phase change. The vessel seals in the working fluid. The vapor-phase flow path includes a first mesh member and causes the working fluid in a vapor phase to circulate inside the vessel, the first mesh member including a through-hole larger than a mesh thereof. The liquid-phase flow path causes the working fluid in a liquid phase to circulate inside the vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kazunao Oniki, Takashi Yajima
  • Publication number: 20120139093
    Abstract: An integrated heat spreader (IHS) lid over a semiconductor die connected to a substrate forms a cavity. A bead of foaming material may be placed within the IHS cavity. During an IHS cure and reflow process the foaming material will expand and fill the IHS cavity and the foam's shape conforms to the various surface features present, encapsulating a thermal interface material (TIM) material, and increasing contact area of the foam sealant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2010
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Inventors: Paul R. Start, Rahul N. Manepalli
  • Patent number: 8044506
    Abstract: The invention provides a thermal-emitting memory module, a thermal-emitting module socket, and a computer system comprising the thermal-emitting memory module and the thermal-emitting module socket. An embodiment of the thermal-emitting module includes: a module substrate having electrically-conductive traces; and a semiconductor device disposed on the module substrate and coupled to the electrically-conductive traces, the module substrate including a thermal-emitting portion disposed in proximity of the semiconductor device without directly contacting the semiconductor device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young Yun, Soo-Kyung Kim, Kwang-Seop Kim, Ki-Hyun Ko, Sung-Joo Park
  • Patent number: 7990714
    Abstract: A heat dissipation device includes a heat sink, a heat absorbing plate, a heat pipe thermally connecting the heat sink and the absorbing plate, a pressing plate secured to the heat absorbing plate and pressing an end of the heat pipe to the heat absorbing plate, and a plurality of fasteners extending through the pressing plate to secure the end of the heat pipe, the heat absorbing plate and the pressing plate to a printed circuit board. Each of the fasteners includes a connecting portion extending through the pressing plate, a first operating portion extending from the connecting portion, and a second operating portion formed at an end face of the first operating portion. The first and second operating portions are configured to be operated by different tools.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignees: Fu Zhun Precision Industry (Shen Zhen) Co., Ltd., Foxconn Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jian Yang