Patents by Inventor Tong W. CHAO

Tong W. CHAO 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: 10973154
    Abstract: Modular assemblies for thermal management are provided. Modularity permits or facilitates scalable thermal performance with respect to power dissipation demands. Modularity also permits retrofitting a deployed cooling system based at least on a current power dissipation requirement. In some embodiments, a modular assembly can be reversibly reconfigured in order to adjust cooling capacity and fulfill a defined power dissipation target. In some embodiments, a modular assembly can include a liquid-cooled pedestal and multiple liquid-cooled attachment members that can be reversibly coupled to or reversibly decoupled from the liquid-cooled pedestal based at least on a power dissipation condition and/or a change thereof of a dissipative electronic component. The reversible coupling and reversible decoupling of the attachment members can permit or otherwise facilitate reversibly adjusting the heat transfer between the modular assembly and the dissipative electronic component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Tong W. Chao, Prabhakar Subrahmanyam
  • Patent number: 10930575
    Abstract: Reconfigurable cooling assemblies for thermal management of integrated circuitry are provided. Such assemblies can be modular and can permit or otherwise facilitate scalable thermal performance with respect to power dissipation demands. In some embodiments, a reconfigurable modular cooling assembly can be reversibly configured to adjust reversibly the cooling capacity of the assembly for a defined power dissipation requirement. A form factor of a reconfigurable modular cooling assembly can be based at least on the defined power dissipation requirement. In some embodiments, a reconfigurable modular cooling assembly can include a pedestal member and multiple attachment members that can be reversibly coupled to or reversibly decoupled from the pedestal based at least on a power dissipation condition and/or a change thereof in a dissipative electronic component included in a semiconductor package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Prabhakar Subrahmanyam, Tong W. Chao, Stephanie L. Seaman, Ridvan A. Sahan, Ying-Feng Pang
  • Publication number: 20200229325
    Abstract: Modular assemblies for thermal management are provided. Modularity permits or facilitates scalable thermal performance with respect to power dissipation demands Modularity also permits retrofitting a deployed cooling system based at least on a current power dissipation requirement. In some embodiments, a modular assembly can be reversibly reconfigured in order to adjust cooling capacity and fulfill a defined power dissipation target. In some embodiments, a modular assembly can include a liquid-cooled pedestal and multiple liquid-cooled attachment members that can be reversibly coupled to or reversibly decoupled from the liquid-cooled pedestal based at least on a power dissipation condition and/or a change thereof of a dissipative electronic component. The reversible coupling and reversible decoupling of the attachment members can permit or otherwise facilitate reversibly adjusting the heat transfer between the modular assembly and the dissipative electronic component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Tong W. CHAO, Prabhakar SUBRAHMANYAM
  • Publication number: 20200027808
    Abstract: Reconfigurable cooling assemblies for thermal management of integrated circuitry are provided. Such assemblies can be modular and can permit or otherwise facilitate scalable thermal performance with respect to power dissipation demands. In some embodiments, a reconfigurable modular cooling assembly can be reversibly configured to adjust reversibly the cooling capacity of the assembly for a defined power dissipation requirement. A form factor of a reconfigurable modular cooling assembly can be based at least on the defined power dissipation requirement. In some embodiments, a reconfigurable modular cooling assembly can include a pedestal member and multiple attachment members that can be reversibly coupled to or reversibly decoupled from the pedestal based at least on a power dissipation condition and/or a change thereof in a dissipative electronic component included in a semiconductor package.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Inventors: Prabhakar SUBRAHMANYAM, Tong W. CHAO, Stephanie L. SEAMAN, Ridvan A. SAHAN, Ying-Feng PANG