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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2006
Applicants:
Chien Ouyang, San Jose, CA (US);
Kenneth C. Gross, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventors:
Chien Ouyang, San Jose, CA (US);
Kenneth C. Gross, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
Sun Microsystems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 7/20 (2006.01); H01L 23/34 (2006.01); F28F 7/00 (2006.01); H02K 44/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A cooling system for a heat producing component includes a base having two or more cells. The cells may include microchannel passages. A pump system may be coupled to the base. The pump system may circulate fluid independently in each of two or more of the cells. The pump system may include an array of two more magnetohydrodynamic pumps. Each magnetohydrodynamic pump may provide fluid to a different cell. A controller may control a flow rate in each one of cell of the cooling system independently one or more of other cells of the cooling system.