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Title: Thermoelectric-enhanced, liquid-based cooling of a multi-component electronic system

Abstract

Apparatus and method are provided for facilitating cooling of an electronic component. The apparatus includes a liquid-cooled structure, a thermal conduction path coupling the electronic component and the liquid-cooled structure, a coolant loop in fluid communication with a coolant-carrying channel of the liquid-cooled structure, and an outdoor-air-cooled heat exchange unit coupled to facilitate heat transfer from the liquid-cooled structure via, at least in part, the coolant loop. The thermoelectric array facilitates transfer of heat from the electronic component to the liquid-cooled structure, and the heat exchange unit cools coolant passing through the coolant loop by dissipating heat from the coolant to outdoor ambient air. In one implementation, temperature of coolant entering the liquid-cooled structure is greater than temperature of the outdoor ambient air to which heat is dissipated.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
International Business Machines Corp., Armonk, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1179238
Patent Number(s):
9027360
Application Number:
13/102,195
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
H - ELECTRICITY H05 - ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR H05K - PRINTED CIRCUITS
F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F25 - REFRIGERATION OR COOLING F25B - REFRIGERATION MACHINES, PLANTS OR SYSTEMS
DOE Contract Number:  
EE0002894
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2011 May 06
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
42 ENGINEERING; 47 OTHER INSTRUMENTATION

Citation Formats

Chainer, Timothy J, Graybill, David P, Iyengar, Madhusudan K, Kamath, Vinod, Kochuparambil, Bejoy J, Schmidt, Roger R, and Steinke, Mark E. Thermoelectric-enhanced, liquid-based cooling of a multi-component electronic system. United States: N. p., 2015. Web.
Chainer, Timothy J, Graybill, David P, Iyengar, Madhusudan K, Kamath, Vinod, Kochuparambil, Bejoy J, Schmidt, Roger R, & Steinke, Mark E. Thermoelectric-enhanced, liquid-based cooling of a multi-component electronic system. United States.
Chainer, Timothy J, Graybill, David P, Iyengar, Madhusudan K, Kamath, Vinod, Kochuparambil, Bejoy J, Schmidt, Roger R, and Steinke, Mark E. Tue . "Thermoelectric-enhanced, liquid-based cooling of a multi-component electronic system". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1179238.
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