Abstract: A loop heat pipe includes a reservoir, an evaporator adjacent to the reservoir, and a condenser including a condenser inlet and a condenser outlet. The loop heat pipe further includes a vapor transport line connecting the evaporator to the condenser inlet, a liquid transport line connecting the condenser outlet to the evaporator, and a vapor bypass joining the vapor transport line near the condenser inlet and joining the liquid transport line near the condenser outlet. The vapor bypass includes a vapor bypass housing. The vapor bypass housing includes a temperature. The loop heat pipe also includes a thermally-controlled connection between the vapor bypass housing and the condenser, and a thermal controller connected to the thermally-controlled connection and regulating the temperature of the vapor bypass housing via the thermally-controlled connection.

Abstract: A pump-augmented Loop Heat Pipe (LHP) includes a conventional LHP evaporator/reservoir assembly; one or more additional evaporators; a condenser; a condenser bypass; and a pump upstream of the condenser and condenser bypass and configured to pump fluid generally toward the one or more additional evaporators.

Abstract: A system and method of stabilizing operation of loop heat pipes with a controllable small inner diameter tubing bypassing LHP condenser thereby stabilizing LHP thermal operation by removing thermal-fluid oscillations. Controllability of such condenser bypass stabilizing function, can be achieved by applying a very low auxiliary power (heating or cooling) to the bypass tubing and/or to the liquid return line, without utilizing any moving parts in the LHP system. Moreover, such system with a small gas-loaded heat pipe used as a thermal strap to cool the condenser bypass housing can potentially operate in a completely autonomous manner.

Abstract: An electronic device with one or more gates that each include first circuit blocks configured for implementing a first N-type logic function and second circuit blocks configured for implementing a second N-type logic function that is a complement of the first N-type logic function. In the electronic device, a number of the of first circuit blocks and a number of the second circuit blocks are the same. Further, the first circuit blocks and the second circuit blocks each have a block feedback node, a block output node, and one or more block input logic nodes. Also, the block feedback node for each one of the first circuit blocks is singly coupled to the block output node of one of the second circuit blocks and the block output node of the one of the first circuit blocks is singly coupled to the block feedback node of another of the second circuit blocks.

Abstract: An electronic device with one or more gates that each include first circuit blocks configured for implementing a first N-type logic function and second circuit blocks configured for implementing a second N-type logic function that is a complement of the first N-type logic function. In the electronic device, a number of the of first circuit blocks and a number of the second circuit blocks are the same. Further, the first circuit blocks and the second circuit blocks each have a block feedback node, a block output node, and one or more block input logic nodes. Also, the block feedback node for each one of the first circuit blocks is singly coupled to the block output node of one of the second circuit blocks and the block output node of the one of the first circuit blocks is singly coupled to the block feedback node of another of the second circuit blocks.