Patents by Inventor Huy N. PHAN

Huy N. PHAN has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10962297
    Abstract: Devices, methods, and systems for facilitating heat transfer and cooling electronic components are presented. A system for cooling an electronic component includes a cold core, a plurality of solid state cooling devices, and a plurality of heat sinks. The cold core may define one or more cavities for receiving electronic components. The system may include an air mover and a duct. In operation, the system may cool an electronic component to sub-ambient temperatures. In other embodiments, the system may include multiple cold cores connected by liquid conduits for facilitating a flow of a cooling fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
    Inventors: Dereje Agonafer, Huy N. Phan
  • Patent number: 9360514
    Abstract: Devices, methods, and systems for facilitating heat transfer around an electronic component during thermal-cycle testing are presented. A system may include a core, a plurality of solid state heating/cooling devices, and a plurality of heat sinks. The core defines one or more cavities for receiving an electronic component. The system may include an air mover and a duct. In operation, the system may cool an electronic component to sub-ambient temperatures and heat it to above the boiling point of water. A method of thermal-cycle testing may include a core defining a cavity for receiving an electronic component, selectively inducing said heating/cooling devices to operate in a heating mode or a cooling mode, and measuring and recording conditions during the test.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
    Inventors: Huy N. Phan, Dereje Agonafer
  • Publication number: 20140103947
    Abstract: Devices, methods, and systems for facilitating heat transfer around an electronic component during thermal-cycle testing are presented. A system may include a core, a plurality of solid state heating/cooling devices, and a plurality of heat sinks. The core defines one or more cavities for receiving an electronic component. The system may include an air mover and a duct. In operation, the system may cool an electronic component to sub-ambient temperatures and heat it to above the boiling point of water. A method of thermal-cycle testing may include a core defining a cavity for receiving an electronic component, selectively inducing said heating/cooling devices to operate in a heating mode or a cooling mode, and measuring and recording conditions during the test.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Inventors: Huy N. Phan, Dereje Agonafer
  • Publication number: 20120211204
    Abstract: Devices, methods, and systems for facilitating heat transfer and cooling electronic components are presented. A system for cooling an electronic component includes a cold core, a plurality of solid state cooling devices, and a plurality of heat sinks. The cold core may define one or more cavities for receiving electronic components. The system may include an air mover and a duct. In operation, the system may cool an electronic component to sub-ambient temperatures. In other embodiments, the system may include multiple cold cores connected by liquid conduits for facilitating a flow of a cooling fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2012
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Inventors: Dereje AGONAFER, Huy N. PHAN