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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2005
Applicants:
Terry J. Dishongh, Portland, OR (US);
Jason T. Cassezza, Beaverton, OR (US);
Kevin S. Rhodes, Lynnwood, WA (US);
Inventors:
Terry J. Dishongh, Portland, OR (US);
Jason T. Cassezza, Beaverton, OR (US);
Kevin S. Rhodes, Lynnwood, WA (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 23/34 (2006.01); H01L 23/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A microchannel cooling system used to cool integrated circuits may include a number of microchannels which may be subject to bubble blockage. When bubble formation or nucleation occurs due to heating, the bubbles may become trapped within the microchannels. A valve within the microchannel may automatically operate, at least partially, to close off the microchannel, allowing the bubble to be freed and to be flushed from the channel in some embodiments.