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Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2017

Filed:

Jan. 05, 2015
Applicant:

Globalfoundries Inc., Grand Cayman, KY;

Inventors:

Richard A. DiPietro, Campbell, CA (US);

Thomas J. Fleischman, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);

Richard Hutzler, Tucson, AZ (US);

Keith B. Maddern, Tucson, AZ (US);

Mitchell Montanez, Tucson, AZ (US);

William K. Morse, Tucson, AZ (US);

Assignee:

GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC., Grand Cayman, KY;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02S 20/00 (2014.01); H02S 20/23 (2014.01); H01L 31/052 (2014.01); H01L 31/0525 (2014.01); H02S 40/42 (2014.01); H02S 40/44 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02S 40/425 (2014.12); Y02E 10/44 (2013.01); H01L 31/052 (2013.01); H01L 31/0525 (2013.01); H02S 40/425 (2014.12); H02S 40/44 (2014.12); H02S 20/00 (2013.01); H02S 20/23 (2014.12);
Abstract

A solar panel enclosure converts sunlight to electricity. To remove the large amount of heat from the enclosure a chambered heat exchanger (CHE) is thermally coupled thereto. An air temperature differential is created between chamber air in a CHE portion and chamber air within a CHE heat exchanging portion. When a threshold thermal gradient is reached, air pressure that keeps the chamber air static is overcome creating airflow within the chamber. The airflow draws cooler ambient air from a chamber inlet. Heat from the enclosure is transferred to the cool air and is exhausted from a chamber outlet.


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