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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2022
GM Cruise Holdings Llc, San Francisco, CA (US);
Zoran Stefanoski, San Francisco, CA (US);
Gilberto Madrid Gomez, Palo Alto, CA (US);
GM CRUISE HOLDINGS LLC, San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
Examples of the present disclosure provide an apparatus for hybrid heat spreading and heating, comprising: a heating element and a heat exchanger proximate to the heating element, wherein the apparatus is configured to be thermally coupled to an IC device that is configured to operate above a minimum operating temperature. The heating element is configured to: power on when the ambient temperature is below the minimum operating temperature and the IC device is not powered on and power off after the IC device is powered on. The heat exchanger is configured to conduct heat from the heating element to the IC device when the heater is powered on, such that the IC device is heated to a temperature above the minimum operating temperature and conduct heat away from the IC device when the IC device is powered on.