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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2012
Applicant:
Qizhou Matthew Yao, Coralville, IA (US);
Inventor:
Qizhou Matthew Yao, Coralville, IA (US);
Assignee:
Rockwell Collins, Inc., Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 7/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 7/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention includes a MEMS-based cooling system that can be passive or active in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention is disclosed. The MEMS-based cooling system has an expandable MEMS device that is a MEMS device that has one or more expandable chambers to help transfer heat autonomously from a heat source using a working fluid and one or more MEMS directional devices that can control the flow of the working fluid through one or more cooling channels that enable heat transfer from one or more heat sources to one or more heat sinks via the working fluid.