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Title: Integrated three-dimensional module heat exchanger for power electronics cooling

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1096006

Embodiments discussed herein are directed to a power semiconductor packaging that removes heat from a semiconductor package through one or more cooling zones that are located in a laterally oriented position with respect to the semiconductor package. Additional embodiments are directed to circuit elements that are constructed from one or more modular power semiconductor packages.

Research Organization:
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC36-08GO28308
Assignee:
Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC (Golden, CO)
Patent Number(s):
8,541,875
Application Number:
13/249,706
OSTI ID:
1096006
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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High performance large tolerance heat sink patent August 2011
Condenser for power module and power module patent November 2010
Stack module patent March 1999
Apparatus for cooling semiconductor devices attached to a printed circuit board patent March 2007
Connecting device for contacting a semiconductor component patent August 2009
Semiconductor integrated circuit chip packages having integrated microchannel cooling modules patent June 2007
Package with improved heat transfer structure for semiconductor device patent June 1996
Electronic module having a multi-layer conductor for reducing its resistivity and a method of assembling such a module patent October 2011

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