Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Jin-Kwon Bae

Jichul Kim

Jae Choon Kim

Eunseok Cho

Kyol Park

Chajea Jo

Jongwoo Park

Joong-Hyun Baek

Yunhyeok Im

Soojae Park

Hee-jin Lee

Eon Soo Jang

Mi-Na Choi

Hee-jung Hwang

Eun-Seok Cho

Ji-Chul Kim

Eunho Jung

A method for managing a temperature of a device includes determining a temperature of a circuit or a package including the circuit, and selectively operating a thermoelectric semiconductor based on the determined temperature to adjust the temperature of the circuit or the package.

Thermoelectric cooling packages and thermal management methods thereof

A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a first semiconductor package disposed on the substrate, and a second semiconductor package spaced apart from the first semiconductor package on the substrate. The second semiconductor package includes a semiconductor chip stacked on the substrate, an adhesion part covering the semiconductor chip, and a heat-blocking structure disposed between the substrate and the semiconductor chip. Heat generated from the first semiconductor package and transmitted to the second semiconductor package through the substrate is blocked by the heat-blocking structure.

Semiconductor package and semiconductor device including the same

A device includes a first board having a first area and a second area not overlapping the first area; and a thermoelectric semiconductor disposed between the first board and the second board at the first area of the first board configured to supply a voltage to the thermoelectric semiconductor; a package disposed at the second area of the first board.

A semiconductor package includes a first package including a first substrate and a first semiconductor chip mounted on the first substrate and a second package facing and spaced apart from the first package. The second package includes a second substrate on which a second semiconductor chip is mounted. The semiconductor package also includes a connection structure electrically connecting the first and second packages to each other, a first temperature sensor connected to the first substrate, a second temperature sensor connected to the first semiconductor chip, and a third temperature sensor connected to the second semiconductor chip.

Semiconductor package and method of estimating surface temperature of semiconductor device including the same

According to example embodiments, a semiconductor package includes a lower package, upper packages on the lower package and laterally spaced apart from each other, a lower heat exhaust part between the lower package and the upper packages, an intermediate heat exhaust part between the upper packages and connected to the lower heat exhaust part, and an upper heat exhaust part on the upper packages and connected to the intermediate heat exhaust part.

Semiconductor packages including heat exhaust part

Provided are thermoelectric cooling packages and thermal management methods thereof. The method may include measuring a temperature of the thermoelectric cooling package including a semiconductor chip and a thermoelectric cooler, comparing the temperature of the thermoelectric cooling package with a target temperature, operating the thermoelectric cooler when the temperature of the thermoelectric cooling package is higher than the target temperature, and stopping the operation of the thermoelectric cooler when the temperature of the thermoelectric cooling package becomes lower than the target temperature.

Provided is a semiconductor module. The semiconductor module includes a substrate including a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. A semiconductor device is disposed on the first surface of the substrate. An airflow guide is disposed on the second surface of the substrate. The airflow guide includes a plate including an end portion distantly from the second surface.

Semiconductor module and module system having the same

A semiconductor package usable with a mobile device includes a circuit board including conductive wirings therein and contact terminals on a rear surface thereof, an integrated circuit chip positioned on a front surface of the circuit board and electrically connected to the conductive wirings, a cover including at least an opening, and to cover the integrated circuit chip such that a flow space is provided around the integrated circuit chip and the opening communicates with the flow space, and an air flow generator positioned on the cover to generate a compulsory air flow through the flow space and the opening, thereby dissipating heat out of the semiconductor package from the integrated circuit chip by the compulsory air flow.

Semiconductor packages usable with a mobile device

A semiconductor module includes a semiconductor package generating thermal energy, a heat collecting member transferring thermal energy from the semiconductor package to a heat collection area in the heat collecting member, a heat radiating member transferring thermal energy received from the heat collecting member and package to the outside, and a thermoelectric device transferring thermal energy through the heat collection area to the heat radiating member via the thermoelectric effect. The heat collecting member and heat radiating member may be otherwise insulated so thermal energy is transferred and controlled by the thermoelectric device. The package may be a dynamic random access memory (DRAM), microprocessor, central processing unit (CPU), graphic processing unit (GPU), or flash memory. The heat radiating member may be an external case of a solid state disk (SSD), and the thermoelectric device may be a Peltier cooler controlled through a power line.

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Hwaseong-si, South Korea

Jin-Kwon Bae