Thermal management arrangement with a low heat flux channel flow coupled to high heat flux channels
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1. An apparatus comprising:
- a cooling channel to correspond to a first area of a semiconductor package having a first heat flux, the cooling channel having a hydraulic diameter and length configured to facilitate single-phase flow;
a plurality of other cooling channels to correspond to a second area of the semiconductor package having a second heat flux that is greater than the first heat flux, each of the plurality of other cooling channels having a hydraulic diameter similar to one another and being arranged in parallel with one another, the plurality of other channels having hydraulic diameters and lengths configured to facilitate two-phase flow; and
the cooling channel to be flow coupled to the plurality of other cooling channels.
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention include an apparatus, method, and system for a thermal management arrangement having a low heat flux channel flow coupled to high heat flux channels.
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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a cooling channel to correspond to a first area of a semiconductor package having a first heat flux, the cooling channel having a hydraulic diameter and length configured to facilitate single-phase flow; a plurality of other cooling channels to correspond to a second area of the semiconductor package having a second heat flux that is greater than the first heat flux, each of the plurality of other cooling channels having a hydraulic diameter similar to one another and being arranged in parallel with one another, the plurality of other channels having hydraulic diameters and lengths configured to facilitate two-phase flow; and the cooling channel to be flow coupled to the plurality of other cooling channels. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method comprising:
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providing a first fluid flow for cooling a first area of a semiconductor package having a first heat flux, the first fluid flow being a single-phase flow; and dividing at least a portion of the first fluid flow into second and third fluid flows for cooling a second area of the semiconductor package having a second heat flux that is greater than the first heat flux, the second and third fluid flows being two-phase flows with development from the single-phase flow into the two-phase flows occurring at or about the division of at least the portion of the first fluid flow into the second and third fluid flows. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A system comprising:
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a semiconductor package having an integrated circuit, a first area having a first heat output, and a second area having a second heat output greater than the first heat output; thermal management arrangement to facilitate the dissipation of heat from the semiconductor package including a cooling channel thermally coupled to the first area and having a hydraulic diameter and length configured to facilitate single-phase flow; and a plurality of other channels thermally coupled to the second area and having hydraulic diameters and lengths configured to facilitate two-phase flow, the hydraulic diameters of the plurality of other cooling channels being similar to one another and arranged in parallel to one another; the cooling channel being flow coupled to the plurality of other cooling channels; and a mass storage device coupled to the semiconductor package. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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