Liquid Coolant Patents (Class 257/714)
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Patent number: 12238908Abstract: A vehicle power module assembly including first and second power modules is provided. The first power module may include a first lock feature extending from a lower portion of a first minor side at a first central axis. The second power module may include a second lock feature at an upper portion of a second minor side at a second central axis. The lock features may be sized for interlock with one another to secure the power modules to one another. The first lock feature may be a loop element defining a through-hole and the second lock feature may be a wedge. The through-hole may be sized for the wedge to extend therein and to interlock the first power module and the second power module to one another. The first lock feature may be a flexible hook element and the second lock feature may be a slot.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2024Date of Patent: February 25, 2025Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Akash Changarankumarath Pradeepkumar, Alfredo R. Munoz, Michael W. Degner, Edward Chan-Jiun Jih, Guangyin Lei
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Patent number: 12215935Abstract: A thermal management system and a method of operating thereof includes a housing body having a first broad surface and an opposing second broad surface and may extend between a first end and a second end. The housing body defines plural passages disposed between the first and second broad surfaces. The plural passages extend in one or more orthogonal directions between the first and second ends of the body. An inlet conduit is fluidly coupled with a first passage of the plural passages via an inlet structure that defines an inlet of the housing body, and directs a fluid into the first passage of the plural passages. An outlet conduit is fluidly coupled with a second passage of the plural passages via an outlet structure that defines an outlet of the housing body, and directs the fluid out of the second passage of the plural passages.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2022Date of Patent: February 4, 2025Assignee: Transportation IP Holdings, LLCInventors: Andrew Louis Krivonak, Patrick Lee Jansen, Neil Bradley, Gregory Badders, Mark Zysk, Michael Jay Grutkowski
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Patent number: 12176500Abstract: A battery includes at least one row of energy storage cells. The row of energy storage cells has a longitudinal extension direction with an upper side and lateral sides being respectively defined by a series of upper and lateral faces of the energy storage cells and of spaces separating the energy storage cells in the longitudinal extension direction. The battery also includes a dielectric fluid circuit with one or more spray orifices. The spray orifices are flush with the upper side of the row of energy storage cells and are located facing a lateral side of the row such that the dielectric fluid circuit leaves the upper side of the row free.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2021Date of Patent: December 24, 2024Assignee: VALEO SYSTEMES THERMIQUESInventors: Kamel Azzouz, Amrid Mammeri, Imad Chelali, Sébastien Garnier
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Patent number: 12150280Abstract: Particular embodiments described herein provide for an electronic device that can be configured to include a substrate, a plurality of heat sources on the substrate, a heat spreader that extends over the plurality of heat sources, and a plurality of heat spreader mounting brackets. Each of the plurality of heat spreader mounting brackets are over a corresponding heat source from the plurality of heat sources and the plurality of heat spreaders secure the heat spreader to the substrate without extending through the heat spreader. In some examples, the heat spreader is a vapor chamber and the plurality of heat spreader mounting brackets are soldered to the vapor chamber.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2020Date of Patent: November 19, 2024Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Baomin Liu, Rob W. Sims, Kannan G. Raja, Linden H. McClure, Gopinath Kandasamy
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Patent number: 12150275Abstract: The present disclosure provides an immersion cooling system for a server cabinet including a plurality of server boxes, a cooling tank and a plurality of liquid connecting pipes. Each server box includes an electronic device immersed in the cooling liquid, and the electronic device generates a thermal energy so that part of the cooling liquid evaporates into a hot vapor. The cooling tank is connected to the plurality of server boxes and includes a condenser and a storage part. The condenser is connected to each server box and condenses the hot vapor to form the cooling liquid. The storage part storages the cooling liquid from the condenser. Two ends of the liquid connecting pipe is connected to the storage part and the server box respectively. The cooling liquid in the storage part and the cooling liquid of each server box are maintained in a same liquid level.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2022Date of Patent: November 19, 2024Assignee: Delta Electronics, Inc.Inventors: Li-Hsiu Chen, Ming-Tang Yang, Wei-Chih Lin, Peng-Yuan Chen, Sheng-Chi Wu, Ren-Chun Chang, Wen-Yin Tsai
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Patent number: 12146506Abstract: A two-phase cold plate includes a base, an upper cover, a heat exchange cavity and a cooling fin module. The upper cover is installed on the base, the heat exchange cavity is formed between the base and the upper cover, and the cooling fin module is installed in the heat exchange cavity. The upper cover includes at least one nozzle module and a plurality of two-phase fluid channels. The two-phase fluid channels are respectively located on both sides of the nozzle module, and the nozzle module sprays a heat dissipating fluid to the cooling fin module, and the heat dissipating fluid flows along the cooling fin module to the two-phase fluid channels on both sides of the cooling fin module to cool the cooling fin module.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2022Date of Patent: November 19, 2024Assignee: AURAS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Chien-Yu Chen, Tian-Li Ye, Chun-Ming Hu
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Patent number: 12074091Abstract: A semiconductor device includes an insulating substrate, semiconductor elements mounted on the insulating substrate, and a cooler for cooling the semiconductor elements. The cooler includes a heat dissipating substrate having bonding and heat dissipating surfaces opposite to each other, the bonding surface being bonded to the second surface of the insulating substrate, a plurality of fins on the heat dissipating surface, a reinforcing plate having first and second surfaces opposite to each other and covering the fins, the first surface being bonded to tips of the fins, and a cooling case including a recessed part to house the fins and reinforcing plate. A first gap between two adjacent fins, measured in a direction parallel to the heat dissipating substrate, is larger than a second gap between the reinforcing plate and a bottom of the first recessed part, measured in a thickness direction.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2021Date of Patent: August 27, 2024Assignee: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Takahiro Koyama, Hiromichi Gohara
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Patent number: 12074087Abstract: The present invention relates to a thermal interface material layer and use thereof. The thermal interface material layer comprises an indium layer and a heat dissipation cover located on one side of the indium layer; the surface of the heat dissipation cover contains a nickel layer, and the nickel layer is connected to the indium layer. In the thermal interface material layer of the present invention, the nickel layer on the surface of the heat dissipation cover is connected to the indium layer, so as to form a Ni—In compound layer having high structure stability, thereby solving the problem that the AuIn2 compound layer formed by welding the indium layer and Au used as a wetting layer in the traditional thermal interface layer is easily fractured, improving the reliability of the assembly obtained by assembling same.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2020Date of Patent: August 27, 2024Assignee: Ningbo S J Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventor: Fay Hua
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Patent number: 12013732Abstract: An information handling system includes a first set of components, a second set of components, and a hybrid cooling system. The hybrid cooling system includes a fan structure, a liquid cooling system, and a fan insert. The fan structure includes multiple cooling fans to provide air cooling to the first components of the information handling system. The liquid cooling system provides liquid cooling to one or more of the second components. The liquid cooling system includes a first liquid line routed through an empty fan cavity of the fan structure. The fan insert is located within the empty fan cavity and provides a seal against air-bypass and recirculation within the information handling system.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2022Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Assignee: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Walter R. Carver, Douglas S. Haunsperger
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Patent number: 11973313Abstract: A diode laser arrangement includes at least one emitter, first and second cooling devices and a first connecting layer. The emitter is configured to emit a laser beam and is disposed between the first and second cooling devices. The first and second cooling devices are each configured for cooling the emitter. The emitter is connected to the first cooling device by the first connecting layer, and the first connecting layer has a connecting material or is composed of a connecting material selected from a group including gold, a gold alloy, silver, a silver alloy, a silver sintered material, copper, a copper alloy, nickel, a nickel alloy, palladium, a palladium alloy, platinum, a platinum alloy, rhodium, a rhodium alloy, iridium, an iridium alloy, germanium, a germanium alloy, tin, a tin alloy, aluminum, an aluminum alloy, indium, an indium alloy, lead and a lead alloy.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2019Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: TRUMPF Photonics, Inc.Inventors: Stephan Strohmaier, Arne-Heike Meissner-Schenk, Gerald Urban, Gerd Hansen, Christian Carstens
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Patent number: 11967536Abstract: An electronic power unit has a substrate with a perpendicular direction and a flat insulating molded body has a metal layer on a first main face and conductor tracks on a second main face. The substrate is in a non-positive locking or materially-bonded manner on a base plate of the electronic power unit. A first fastening device is on the base plate in a non-positive locking manner on a cooling device or a housing section has a second fastening device provided to arrange the substrate in a non-positive locking manner on a cooling device.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2021Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: SEMIKRON ELEKTRONIK GMBH CO., KGInventors: Valeriano Cardi, Stefan Hopfe, Maurilio Giovannantonio Muscolino, Matteo Santoro, Werner Obermaier
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Patent number: 11961784Abstract: A first heat sink has a first inner surface and a first outer surface, and has a first through hole. A second heat sink has a second inner surface disposed with a clearance left from the first inner surface of the first heat sink, and a second outer surface opposite to the second inner surface, and has a second through hole. A semiconductor element is disposed within a clearance between the first inner surface of the first heat sink and the second inner surface of the second heat sink. A sealing member seals the semiconductor element within the clearance between the first inner surface and the second inner surface. A first hollow tube is made of metal, and connects the first through hole and the second through hole.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2018Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Arata Iizuka, Korehide Okamoto, Ryoya Shirahama
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Patent number: 11942709Abstract: A terminal blade for a header assembly includes a first end defining a first axis and being partially coated with an anti-tarnish material and defining an adhesion region spaced from the anti-tarnish material coating. The terminal blade also includes a second end defining a second axis. The terminal blade further includes a bridge extending between the first end and the second end such that the first axis is substantially perpendicular to the second axis.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2020Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: Steering Solutions IP Holding CorporationInventors: David L. Berg, Trenton R. Townsend
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Patent number: 11903164Abstract: A heat dissipation apparatus includes a heat-conducting plate, where a liquid channel is disposed on a first surface of the heat-conducting plate; a mounting base, where an accommodation cavity configured to accommodate a partial area that is in the heat-conducting plate and that includes a second surface is disposed on the mounting base. The first surface and the second surface are disposed opposite to each other. A pressing plate is configured to fasten the heat-conducting plate in the accommodation cavity. The pressing plate is detachably and firmly connected to the mounting base, a sealing cavity is formed between the pressing plate and the first surface of the heat-conducting plate, and the sealing cavity is configured to accommodate the liquid channel A liquid inlet connector and a liquid outlet connector that are connected to the liquid channel are disposed on the pressing plate.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2021Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Xinhu Gong, Gaoliang Xia
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Patent number: 11853133Abstract: A siphon-based heat sink for a server comprises a heat absorbing mechanism, a siphon mechanism, and a heat sink. The heat absorbing mechanism comprises a base plate and a cover plate. The base plate comprises a bottom plate and multiple sets of heat dissipating fins, and is in contact with the central processing unit. The heat sink comprises a cooling cavity and cooling fins. The evaporation cavity is communicated with the cooling cavity via two siphon tubes to enable heat transfer and circulation of a thermal conductive medium. Lower ends of the two fin plates are positioned close to and fixed to the bottom plate, while upper ends thereof are bent outward to form a curved mechanism, and an included angle between the two fin plates continuously increases from bottom to top.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2019Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: ZHENGZHOU YUNHAI INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventor: Bin Zong
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Patent number: 11854936Abstract: A semiconductor device including a substrate, a semiconductor package, a thermal conductive bonding layer, and a lid is provided. The semiconductor package is disposed on the substrate. The thermal conductive bonding layer is disposed on the semiconductor package. The lid is attached to the thermal conductive bonding layer and covers the semiconductor package to prevent coolant from contacting the semiconductor package.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2023Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.Inventors: Chen-Hua Yu, Chun-Hui Yu, Jeng-Nan Hung, Kuo-Chung Yee, Po-Fan Lin
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Patent number: 11841393Abstract: Provided is a cooling unit to be used in an inspection of a semiconductor device. The cooling unit includes a jacket for dissipating heat of the semiconductor device. The jacket is provided with a light passing portion for passing light from the semiconductor device. The jacket has a space defining surface that faces the semiconductor device and defines a space between the space defining surface and the semiconductor device in a state where the light passing portion faces the semiconductor device. The jacket is provided with a supply flow path through which a fluid to be supplied to the space flows.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2019Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.Inventors: Tomonori Nakamura, Hirotaka Nonaka, Hiroyuki Matsuura, Hirotoshi Terada
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Patent number: 11837514Abstract: According to an aspect of the first disclosure, a semiconductor device includes a base plate, a case that surrounds a region immediately above the base plate, a semiconductor chip provided in the region, a sealing resin that fills the region and a barrier layer provided on the sealing resin, wherein the barrier layer has a first surface facing the base plate, a second surface opposite to the first surface, and a convex part protruding upward from the second surface, the first surface has a longer distance to the base plate as getting farther from the center, the convex part is provided avoiding the center, and a height of the convex part is greater than a distance in a thickness direction of the barrier layer between a portion of the first surface immediately below the convex part and a portion of the first surface provided at the center.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2021Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventor: Yusuke Kaji
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Patent number: 11805620Abstract: A thermal management system and method for cooling a CT detector assembly of a CT imaging system. The thermal management system uses a combination of air cooling for the readout electronics of the CT detector assembly and liquid cooling for the X-ray sensors of the CT detector assembly. The hybrid air and liquid cooling systems and methods may be coupled together in the thermal management system and method to create a cooler temperature in the CT detector assembly. The CT detector assembly components may include CT detector modules, which may include X-ray sensors, readout electronics and other components.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2021Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignees: GE Precision Healthcare LLC, Prismatic Sensors ABInventors: Nicholas Konkle, Eric Aasen, Scott Slavic, Kyle Reiser, Michael Boehm, Mats Hedberg
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Patent number: 11804418Abstract: A heat exchange module, comprising an array of microchannels, where the array of microchannels extends in a first direction, and are separated from one another by a first sidewall. The array of microchannels is over a cold plate. A first array of fluid distribution channels is stacked over the array of microchannels and extend in a second direction that is substantially orthogonal to the first direction. The first array of fluid distribution channels extends from the first manifold and terminate between a first manifold and a second manifold. A second array of fluid distribution channels is stacked over the array of microchannels. The first array of fluid distribution channels and the second array of the fluid distribution channels are fluidically coupled to the microchannel array. A wall extends into the microchannel array below a second sidewall separating ones of the first array and ones of the second array of fluid distribution channels.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2019Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Nicholas Neal, Je-Young Chang, Jae Kim, Ravindranath Mahajan
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Patent number: 11804785Abstract: A power electronic arrangement has a plurality of single-phase power semiconductor modules and one multi-phase power semiconductor module, wherein each single-phase power semiconductor module has a first, at least frame-like housing, two first DC voltage terminal elements, a first AC voltage terminal element, first auxiliary terminal elements and a first switching device. The multi-phase power semiconductor module has a second, at least frame-like housing, two second DC voltage terminal elements, at least two second AC voltage terminal elements, second auxiliary terminal elements and a second switching device. The first and second DC voltage terminal elements each form a stack in a section of their length and on the terminal sections are designed identically. All the power semiconductor modules are arranged in a row in the direction of the normal vectors of the respective first longitudinal side.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2021Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: SEMIKRON ELEKTRONIK GMBH & CO. KGInventors: Jürgen Steger, Andreas Maul
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Patent number: 11716835Abstract: A thermal management module includes a fluid system in fluid communication with a main cooling fluid source; a first cooling fluid manifold, and a second cooling fluid manifold. The first cooling fluid manifold is in fluid communication with the fluid system and provides a cooling fluid between the fluid system and a first server rack adjacent to the thermal management module. The second cooling fluid manifold is in fluid communication with the fluid system and provides the cooling fluid between the fluid system and a second server rack adjacent to the thermal management module. The manifold is in internal position when no rack liquid is needed adjacently, and it is extended to the adjacent rack once fluid distribution is needed from the rack.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2021Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: BAIDU USA LLCInventor: Tianyi Gao
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Patent number: 11688665Abstract: An integrated circuit assembly may be formed having a substrate, a first integrated circuit device electrically attached to the substrate, a second integrated circuit device electrically attached to the first integrated circuit device, and a heat dissipation device defining a fluid chamber, wherein at least a portion of the first integrated circuit device and at least a portion of the second integrated circuit device are exposed to the fluid chamber. In further embodiments, at least one channel may be formed in an underfill material between the first integrated circuit device and the second integrated circuit device, between the first integrated circuit device and the substrate, and/or between the second integrated circuit device and the substrate, wherein the at least one channel is open to the fluid chamber.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2018Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Feras Eid, Adel Elsherbini, Johanna Swan
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Patent number: 11670569Abstract: Disclosed herein are channeled lids for integrated circuit (IC) packages, as well as related methods and devices. For example, in some embodiments, an IC package may include a die between a lid and a package substrate. A bottom surface of the lid may include a channel that at least partially overlaps the die.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2019Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Manish Dubey, Amitesh Saha, Marco Aurelio Cartas, Peng Li, Bamidele Daniel Falola
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Patent number: 11672106Abstract: A chassis includes top rails extending along a top side of the chassis, bottom rails extending along a bottom side of the chassis, a fluid inlet connected to the chassis that is configured to receive a thermal transfer fluid, and a fluid outlet connected to the chassis that is configured to discharge the thermal transfer fluid. The chassis further includes a thermal transfer fluid path extending between and fluidly coupled to the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet, wherein the thermal transfer fluid is configured to flow through the thermal transfer fluid path, and wherein the thermal transfer fluid path extends in a serpentine pattern through at least one of the top rails and through at least one of the bottom rails.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2021Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand CorporationInventors: Jason C. Duffy, Kenneth J. Trotman
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Patent number: 11557874Abstract: Methods, devices, and systems for double-sided cooling of laser diodes are provided. In one aspect, a laser diode assembly includes a first heat sink, a plurality of submounts spaced apart from one another on the first heat sink, a plurality of laser diodes, and a second heat sink on top sides of the plurality of laser diodes. Each laser diode includes a corresponding active layer between a first-type doped semiconductor layer and a second-type doped semiconductor layer. A bottom side of each laser diode is positioned on a different corresponding submount of the plurality of submounts. The plurality of laser diode are electrically connected in series.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2021Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: Trumpf Photonics, Inc.Inventors: Prasanta Modak, Stefan Heinemann, Berthold Schmidt
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Patent number: 11520389Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods of determining a maximum allowable air temperature limit for closed loop (CL) control of the inlet boundary or threshold temperature of a given computer expansion slot that contains a particular mating expansion card. The maximum allowable air temperature limit may be determined for closed loop control of the expansion slot inlet boundary temperature by using reverse correlation of an open loop (OL) cooling tier curve that has been designated for open loop control of cooling air velocity provided to the particular expansion card of the given expansion slot. The reverse correlation may be performed in further view of the particular expansion slot airflow characteristics (e.g., maximum expansion slot airflow velocity capacity or limit) corresponding to a expansion card received in a given expansion slot.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2021Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Hasnain Shabbir, Hui Chen
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Patent number: 11497137Abstract: A compute device includes a printed circuit board, at least three compute subassemblies disposed on the printed circuit board, and a liquid loop. The compute subassemblies disposed on the printed circuit board and each of the three compute subassemblies includes a thermal control plate defining a respective internal conduit therethrough. A temperature controlled liquid circuit circulates through the liquid loop through to control the temperature of each of compute subassemblies in series during operation, the liquid loop including each of the internal conduits in each of the thermal control plates in each of the compute subassemblies.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2020Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LPInventors: Tahir Cader, Harvey J. Lunsman, Mitchell Johnson
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Patent number: 11464139Abstract: A conformable heat sink interface for an integrated circuit package comprises a mounting plate having a first surface and a deformable membrane having a portion bonded to a second surface of the plate. A cavity is between the second surface of the plate and the deformable membrane. A flowable heat transfer medium is within the cavity. The flowable heat transfer medium has a thermal conductivity of not less than 30 W/m K. The deformable membrane is to conform to a three-dimensional shape of an IC package and the mounting plate has a second surface that is to be adjacent to a heat sink base.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2018Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Kelly Lofgreen, Joseph Petrini, Todd Coons, Christopher Wade Ackerman, Edvin Cetegen, Yang Jiao, Michael Rutigliano, Kuang Liu
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Patent number: 11456235Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention are directed to heat transfer arrays, cold plates including heat transfer arrays along with inlets and outlets, and thermal management systems including cold-plates, pumps and heat exchangers. These devices and systems may be used to provide cooling of semiconductor devices and particularly such devices that produce high heat concentrations. The heat transfer arrays may include microjets, microchannels, fins, and even integrated microjets and fins.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2021Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: Microfabrica Inc.Inventors: Richard T. Chen, Will J. Tan
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Patent number: 11432440Abstract: A power conversion apparatus includes an electric component, a housing, and a flow channel formation unit. The electric component configures at least a part of a power conversion circuit. The housing stores the electric component, and the electric component is fixed to the housing. The flow channel formation unit forms a refrigerant flow channel through which a refrigerant flows, and is thermally connected to the electric component. The flow channel formation unit is a member different from the housing, and an elastically deformable spacer is provided between the flow channel formation unit and the housing.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2020Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Hiromi Ichijo, Kazuya Takeuchi
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Patent number: 11387505Abstract: A battery pack thermal management system can include a battery pack including a plurality of battery modules encased within a battery case, a coolant line having an inlet and an outlet each penetrating a perimeter of the battery case and at least one thermally activated valve. The at least one thermally activated valve can be configured to spray coolant onto one or more battery modules responsive to a temperature within the battery pack exceeding a temperature threshold. The temperature threshold can be defined based on the temperature of a thermal event occurring within the battery pack which exceeds a normal operating temperature of the battery pack. The coolant line within the battery pack is biased towards the perimeter of the battery case. The battery pack can power a battery electric or hybrid electric vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2020Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLCInventors: Ryan P. Hickey, Cody Demara, Pushpendra Chauhan, Benjamin G. Wroblewski
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Patent number: 11382242Abstract: A power electronics system comprising a environmentally sealed electronics compartment for housing power electronics equipment is provided. The system includes a plenum within the sealed electronic compartment for circulating air. A first liquid cooling loop is configured to cool air flowing through the plenum. A second liquid cooling loop configured to directly cool the power electronics equipment. The system includes a controller configured to independently control the flow rate of the first liquid cooling loop and the second liquid cooling loop.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2017Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignee: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC SOLAR INVERTERS USA, INC.Inventor: David Plecko
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Patent number: 11355418Abstract: A package structure includes a wafer-form semiconductor package and a thermal dissipating system. The wafer-form semiconductor package includes semiconductor dies electrically connected with each other. The thermal dissipating system is located on and thermally coupled to the wafer-form semiconductor package, where the thermal dissipating system has a hollow structure with a fluidic space, and the fluidic space includes a ceiling and a floor. The thermal dissipating system includes at least one inlet opening, at least one outlet opening and a plurality of first microstructures. The at least one inlet opening and the at least one outlet opening are spatially communicated with the fluidic space. The first microstructures are located on the floor, and at least one of the first microstructures is corresponding to the at least one outlet opening.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2020Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.Inventors: Chen-Hua Yu, Chun-Hui Yu, Jeng-Nan Hung, Kuo-Chung Yee
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Patent number: 11328976Abstract: Some examples described herein provide for three-dimensional (3D) thermal management apparatuses for thermal energy dissipation of thermal energy generated by an electronic device. In an example, an apparatus includes a thermal management apparatus that includes a primary base, a passive two-phase flow thermal carrier, and fins. The thermal carrier has a carrier base and one or more sidewalls extending from the carrier base. The carrier base and the one or more sidewalls are a single integral piece. The primary base is attached to the thermal carrier. The carrier base has an exterior surface that at least a portion of which defines a die contact region. The thermal carrier has an internal volume aligned with the die contact region. A fluid is disposed in the internal volume. The fins are attached to and extend from the one or more sidewalls of the thermal carrier.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2020Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: XILINX, INC.Inventors: Gamal Refai-Ahmed, Chi-Yi Chao, Suresh Ramalingam, Hoa Lap Do, Anthony Torza, Brian D. Philofsky
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Patent number: 11310935Abstract: Embodiments of this application relate to a heat dissipator including a cover plate, an orifice plate, and a base plate that are stacked in sequence. A distribution cavity is disposed between the orifice plate and the cover plate, a heat exchange cavity is disposed between the orifice plate and the base plate, and the distribution cavity communicates with the heat exchange cavity by using through holes disposed on the orifice plate. A plurality of pin fins facing the orifice plate are disposed on a surface of the base plate in the heat exchange cavity, gaps between the plurality of pin fins constitute a fluid passage, and the pin fins include a combination pin fin in contact with the orifice plate, and a flow guiding pin fin that corresponds to the through hole and that has a gap with the through hole.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2019Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventor: Hui Jia
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Patent number: 11221376Abstract: A load bank for testing power sources includes a load resistor assembly having a plurality of resistors which can be switched between wye and delta configurations for testing a variety of voltages and power sources requiring various load applications. First and second power connections are connected with primary and redundant power sources and a relay alternately connects the first and second power connections with the load resistor assembly for alternately testing the primary and redundant power sources while maintaining the sources electrically isolated. A damper is arranged adjacent the load resistor assembly and is operable between an open position which permits cold air to be delivered to the load resistor assembly to cool the assembly when the load bank is operating and a closed position which prevents hot air from being recirculated when the load bank is not operating.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2020Date of Patent: January 11, 2022Assignee: COMRENT INTERNATIONAL, LLCInventors: Joseph Morin, Brian Kelleher, Lowell Seal, Brett Gidge, Todd Locker, Graham Thompson
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Patent number: 11201105Abstract: Implementations of semiconductor packages may include a first substrate coupled to a first die, a second substrate coupled to a second die, and a spacer included within a perimeter of the first substrate and within a perimeter of a second substrate, the spacer coupled between the first die and the second die, the spacer include a junction cooling pipe therethrough.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2020Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLCInventors: Seungwon Im, Oseob Jeon, Byoungok Lee, Yoonsoo Lee, Joonseo Son, Dukyong Lee, Changyoung Park
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Patent number: 11156409Abstract: Coolant-cooled heat sinks and methods of fabrication are provided with a coolant-carrying compartment between a cover and a heat transfer base. The heat transfer base includes a heat transfer surface to couple to a component to be cooled, and a plurality of thermally-conductive fins extending into the coolant-carrying compartment from a surface of the heat transfer base opposite to the heat transfer surface. One or more grooves are provided in an interface surface of the cover and fins, and wicking element(s) are positioned within, at least in part, the groove(s). A joining material is provided between the cover and fins to join the plurality of thermally-conductive fins to the cover. The wicking element(s) within, at least in part, the groove(s) facilitate retaining the joining material over the plurality of thermally-conductive fins during joining of the cover and fins.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2020Date of Patent: October 26, 2021Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Hongqing Zhang, Jay A. Bunt, David J. Lewison, Joyce E. Molinelli Acocella, Frank L. Pompeo, Jeffrey Allen Zitz
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Patent number: 11129310Abstract: A semiconductor module comprises a semiconductor apparatus and a cooling apparatus. The semiconductor apparatus includes a semiconductor chip and a circuit board. The cooling apparatus includes: a top plate; a side wall; a bottom plate; a coolant flow portion for causing a coolant to flow defined by the plates and the wall, where a cross section of the portion parallel to a principal surface of the top plate have a substantially rectangular shape with longer sides and shorter sides; an inlet associated with one direction along the shorter sides for letting a coolant into the portion; an outlet associated with another direction along the shorter sides for letting a coolant out of the portion; and a cooling pin fin arranged in the portion, extending between the top plate and the bottom plate, and having a substantially rhombic shape longer along the shorter sides than along the longer sides.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2019Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventor: Nobuhide Arai
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Patent number: 11119129Abstract: An improved phasor estimation method for M-class phasor measurement units (PMUs) with a low computational burden is described. The method contains three steps: 1) A phasor measurement filter is designed by selecting parameters of Taylor weighted least square method to prioritize dynamic phasor accuracy and a high level of suppression on high-frequency interferences; 2) A finite impulse response lowpass filter is designed by the equal-ripple method is put forward to suppress low-frequency interferences; and 3) Phasor amplitude is corrected under off-nominal conditions.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2021Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Assignee: North China Electric Power UniversityInventors: Hao Liu, Tianshu Bi, Sudi Xu
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Patent number: 11096283Abstract: A substrate-on-substrate structure and an electronic device including the same are provided, and the substrate-on-substrate structure includes: a first printed circuit board having a first side and a second side, opposite to the first side; a second printed circuit board disposed on the second side of the first printed circuit board, and having a first side connected to the second side of the first printed circuit board and a second side opposite to the first side connected to the second side of the first printed circuit board; a first structure disposed on the second side of the first printed circuit board, and disposed around the second printed circuit board; a second structure disposed on the second side of the second printed circuit board; and a third structure disposed on the first and second structures, and connected to each of the first and second structures.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2020Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Yong Hoon Kim, Seung Eun Lee, Young Kwan Lee, Hak Chun Kim
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Patent number: 11088111Abstract: A semiconductor device according to the present invention includes: a through via formed to penetrate a semiconductor substrate; first and second buffer circuits; a wiring forming layer formed in an upper layer of the semiconductor substrate; a connecting wiring portion formed in an upper portion of the through via assuming that a direction from the semiconductor substrate to the wiring forming layer is an upward direction, the connecting wiring portion being formed on a chip inner end face that faces the upper portion of the semiconductor substrate at an end face of the through via; a first path connecting the first buffer circuit and the through via; and a second path connecting the second buffer circuit and the through via. The first path and the second path are electrically connected through the connecting wiring portion.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2018Date of Patent: August 10, 2021Assignee: Renesas Electronics CorporationInventor: Koji Takayanagi
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Patent number: 11073549Abstract: The present application discloses a display panel test circuit and a display panel test device, wherein the test device of the display panel test circuit controls a plurality of switching circuits to be turned on, and a signal generator controls the plurality of switching circuits to be turned off when a first metal layer and the second metal layer are short-circuited.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2019Date of Patent: July 27, 2021Assignees: HKC Corporation Limited, Chongqing HKC Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.Inventor: Chuan Wu
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Patent number: 11015872Abstract: An additively manufactured heat transfer device is disclosed, including an enclosure portion with outer walls. The outer walls contain an inner channel configured to direct a flow of coolant fluid. The heat transfer device further includes a fluid intake port and a fluid outtake port, each connected to the first inner channel. The fluid intake port is configured to direct a flow of coolant fluid through an outer wall of the enclosure portion into the inner channel, and the fluid outtake port is configured to direct a flow of coolant fluid through an outer wall of the enclosure portion out of the inner channel. The inner channel is defined by internal walls, and the enclosure portion and the internal walls form a single additively manufactured unit.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2018Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Richard W. Aston, Matthew Joseph Herrmann, Michael John Langmack, Nicole M. Hastings, Sumit K. Purohit
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Patent number: 10985089Abstract: The present invention relates to a semiconductor cooling arrangement for cooling semiconductor devices, such as power semiconductors. The semiconductor cooling arrangement comprises one or more semiconductor assemblies located in a chamber within a housing. The housing comprises inlet and outlet ports for receiving and outputting a cooling medium. The chamber is flooded with a cooling medium to cool the assemblies. The assemblies themselves each comprise a heatsink and one or more semiconductor power devices thermally coupled to the heatsink. The heatsink comprises heat exchanging elements in the form of a plurality of holes in the heatsink extending through the heatsink from one surface to another surface such that the cooling medium flows through the holes to extract heat from the heatsink.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2018Date of Patent: April 20, 2021Assignee: YASA LIMITEDInventors: Simon David Hart, Tim Woolmer, Christopher Stuart Malam, Graham Law, Francesca Bernardine Bumpus
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Patent number: 10957624Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention are directed to heat transfer arrays, cold plates including heat transfer arrays along with inlets and outlets, and thermal management systems including cold-plates, pumps and heat exchangers. These devices and systems may be used to provide cooling of semiconductor devices and particularly such devices that produce high heat concentrations. The heat transfer arrays may include microjets, microchannels, fins, and even integrated microjets and fins.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2020Date of Patent: March 23, 2021Assignee: Microfabrica Inc.Inventors: Richard T. Chen, Will J. Tan
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Patent number: 10950522Abstract: An electronic device has an electronic module having an insulating substrate 60, a conductor layer 20 provided on the insulating substrate 60, an electronic element 40 provided on the conductor layer 20 and a heat dissipation layer 10 provided on the insulating substrate in an opposite side of the electronic element 40 and a cooling body 100 which abuts on the heat dissipation layer 10. The cooling body 100 has a divided part 110 being provided at a portion which abuts on the heat dissipation layer 10 and being a plurality of divided regions.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2017Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Assignee: SHINDENGEN ELECTRIC MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Junya Yuguchi, Kousuke Ikeda, Kenichi Suzuki
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IT container system design approach for fast deployment and high compatibility application scenarios
Patent number: 10925180Abstract: An IT enclosure and immersion cooling unit is disclosed. The unit comprises: an immersion cooling area to accommodate electronic devices that require cooling, the electronic devices being immersed in coolant; an heat exchanger; an coolant supply line to supply cooler coolant from the heat exchanger to the immersion cooling area; and an coolant return line to return warmer coolant from the immersion cooling area to the heat exchanger, wherein the cooler coolant absorbs heat from the electronic devices in the immersion cooling area and turns into the warmer coolant, wherein heat is extracted from the warmer coolant in the heat exchanger and transferred to external coolant, and wherein the heat exchanger, the coolant supply line, and the coolant return line are packaged within the immersion cooling unit.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2019Date of Patent: February 16, 2021Assignee: BAIDU USA LLCInventor: Tianyi Gao -
Patent number: 10879151Abstract: A semiconductor package includes a lead frame, a semiconductor device, a liquid metal conductor, and an encapsulation material. The semiconductor device is affixed to the lead frame. The liquid metal conductor couples the semiconductor device to the lead frame. The encapsulation material encases the semiconductor device, the liquid metal conductor, and at least a portion of the lead frame.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2018Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATEDInventors: Dishit Paresh Parekh, Benjamin Stassen Cook, Daniel Lee Revier, Jo Bito