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

Abstract

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.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1096006
Patent Number(s):
8541875
Application Number:
13/249,706
Assignee:
Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC (Golden, CO)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F28 - HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL F28D - HEAT-EXCHANGE APPARATUS, NOT PROVIDED FOR IN ANOTHER SUBCLASS, IN WHICH THE HEAT-EXCHANGE MEDIA DO NOT COME INTO DIRECT CONTACT
H - ELECTRICITY H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS H01L - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
DOE Contract Number:  
AC36-08GO28308
Resource Type:
Patent
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
42 ENGINEERING

Citation Formats

Bennion, Kevin, and Lustbader, Jason. Integrated three-dimensional module heat exchanger for power electronics cooling. United States: N. p., 2013. Web.
Bennion, Kevin, & Lustbader, Jason. Integrated three-dimensional module heat exchanger for power electronics cooling. United States.
Bennion, Kevin, and Lustbader, Jason. Tue . "Integrated three-dimensional module heat exchanger for power electronics cooling". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1096006.
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year = {Tue Sep 24 00:00:00 EDT 2013},
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High performance large tolerance heat sink
patent, August 2011


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patent, November 2010


Stack module
patent, March 1999


Connecting device for contacting a semiconductor component
patent, August 2009