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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2019
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, Urbana, IL (US);
William P. King, Champaign, IL (US);
Nenad Miljkovic, Urbana, IL (US);
Patricia B Weisensee, St. Louis, MO (US);
Beomjin Kwon, Chandler, AZ (US);
Tianyu Yang, Urbana, IL (US);
THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, Urbana, IL (US);
Abstract
An active thermal management system for electronic devices comprises: a heat spreader having an internal channel; a thermally conductive body moveably positioned in the internal channel; and two or more electronic devices in thermal contact with a back surface of the heat spreader and positioned adjacent to the internal channel. A location of the thermally conductive body within the internal channel determines a path for heat flow from the back surface to a front surface of the heat spreader. The location of the thermally conductive body within the internal channel may be selected to minimize a temperature differential (ΔT) between the electronic devices.