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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2022
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Prabhakar Subrahmanyam, San Jose, CA (US);
Tong Chao, San Jose, CA (US);
Yi Xia, Campbell, CA (US);
Ying-Feng Pang, San Jose, CA (US);
Victor Polyanko, San Jose, CA (US);
Arunima Panigrahy, San Jose, CA (US);
Mark Bianco, Mountain View, CA (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for an autonomous stage-switching multi-stage cooling device are disclosed are disclosed. A disclosed example coolant distribution unit (CDU) includes an enclosure, an inlet and an outlet of the CDU to be fluidly coupled to a cooling block associated with a heat generating source, at least one sensor to measure a first temperature corresponding to the inlet and a second temperature corresponding to the outlet, and a plurality of valves to be controlled by a controller to control a flow of fluid from the inlet to at least one of an ambient cooler or a sub-ambient cooler based on: (i) a comparison of the first temperature to an ambient temperature and (ii) a comparison of the second temperature to a target temperature.