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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2006
Filed:
May. 16, 2003
Girish Upadhya, San Jose, CA (US);
Thomas W. Kenny, San Carlos, CA (US);
Peng Zhou, Albany, CA (US);
Mark Munch, Los Altos, CA (US);
James Gill Shook, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Kenneth Goodson, Belmont, CA (US);
David Corbin, Los Altos, CA (US);
Girish Upadhya, San Jose, CA (US);
Thomas W. Kenny, San Carlos, CA (US);
Peng Zhou, Albany, CA (US);
Mark Munch, Los Altos, CA (US);
James Gill Shook, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Kenneth Goodson, Belmont, CA (US);
David Corbin, Los Altos, CA (US);
Cooligy Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A microchannel heat exchanger coupled to a heat source and configured for cooling the heat source comprising a first set of fingers for providing fluid at a first temperature to a heat exchange region, wherein fluid in the heat exchange region flows toward a second set of fingers and exits the heat exchanger at a second temperature, wherein each finger is spaced apart from an adjacent finger by an appropriate dimension to minimize pressure drop in the heat exchanger and arranged in parallel. The microchannel heat exchanger includes an interface layer having the heat exchange region. Preferably, a manifold layer includes the first set of fingers and the second set of fingers configured within to cool hot spots in the heat source. Alternatively, the interface layer includes the first set and second set of fingers configured along the heat exchange region.