公开(公告)号：US20070274045A1

公开(公告)日：2007-11-29

申请号：US11420241

申请日：2006-05-25

申请人： Levi A. Campbell ,  Richard C. Chu ,  Michael J. Ellsworth ,  Madhusudan K. Iyengar ,  Roger R. Schmidt ,  Robert E. Simons

发明人： Levi A. Campbell ,  Richard C. Chu ,  Michael J. Ellsworth ,  Madhusudan K. Iyengar ,  Roger R. Schmidt ,  Robert E. Simons

IPC分类号： F28F7/00 ,  H05K7/20

CPC分类号： F28C3/08 ,  F28F7/00 ,  H01L23/4735 ,  H01L2224/73253 ,  Y10S165/908

摘要： A cooled electronic module and method of fabrication are provided employing a cooling apparatus for removing heat from one or more electronic devices disposed on a substrate. The cooling apparatus includes a supply manifold structure having a plurality of inlet orifices for injecting coolant onto a surface to be cooled, and a return manifold structure. The return manifold structure, which is fabricated of a thermally conductive material, has a base surface sealed to the surface to be cooled along a periphery thereof employing a thermally conductive, coolant-tight seal. The return manifold structure provides at least one return passageway for exhausting coolant after impinging on the surface to be cooled, wherein coolant exhausting through the at least one passageway cools the return manifold structure, thereby facilitating further cooling of the surface to be cooled in a region where the base surface is sealed to the surface to be cooled.

摘要翻译： 使用冷却装置提供冷却的电子模块和制造方法，用于从设置在基板上的一个或多个电子装置移除热量。 冷却装置包括供给歧管结构，其具有用于将冷却剂喷射到待冷却的表面上的多个入口孔和回流歧管结构。 由导热材料制成的回流歧管结构具有使用导热的冷却剂密封密封在其周围的待冷却表面的基面。 返回歧管结构提供至少一个返回通道，用于在撞击待冷却表面之后排出冷却剂，其中通过至少一个通道的冷却剂排出冷却回流歧管结构，从而有助于进一步冷却待冷却表面 其中基面被密封到待冷却的表面。

公开(公告)号：US07301770B2

公开(公告)日：2007-11-27

申请号：US11009935

申请日：2004-12-10

申请人： Levi A. Campbell ,  Richard C. Chu ,  Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr. ,  Madhusudan K. Iyengar ,  Roger R. Schmidt ,  Robert E. Simons ,  Prabjit Singh

发明人： Levi A. Campbell ,  Richard C. Chu ,  Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr. ,  Madhusudan K. Iyengar ,  Roger R. Schmidt ,  Robert E. Simons ,  Prabjit Singh

IPC分类号： H05K7/20

CPC分类号： H01L23/3677 ,  F28F3/022 ,  H01L23/433 ,  H01L23/473 ,  H01L2224/78301 ,  H01L2924/10253 ,  H01L2924/19107 ,  H01L2924/00014 ,  H01L2924/00

摘要： A cooling apparatus and method of fabrication are provided for facilitating removal of heat from a heat generating electronic device. The cooling apparatus includes a thermally conductive base having a substantially planar main surface, and a plurality of thermally conductive pin fins wire-bonded to the main surface of the thermally conductive base and disposed to facilitate the transfer of heat from the thermally conductive base. The thermally conductive base can be a portion of the electronic device to be cooled or a separate structure coupled to the electronic device to be cooled. If a separate structure, the thermally conductive base has a coefficient of thermal expansion within a defined range of a coefficient of thermal expansion of the electronic device. In one implementation, the wire-bonded pin fins are discrete, looped pin fins separately wire-bonded to the main surface and spaced less than 300 micrometers apart in an array.

摘要翻译： 提供冷却装置和制造方法以便于从发热电子装置中除去热量。 冷却装置包括具有基本上平面的主表面的导热基体和与导热基体的主表面引线接合并设置成有助于从导热基底转移热量的多个导热销散热片。 导热基座可以是要冷却的电子设备的一部分或者耦合到要冷却的电子设备的单独的结构。 如果是单独的结构，导热基座的热膨胀系数在电子设备的热膨胀系数的规定范围内。 在一个实施方式中，引线接合销散热片是离散的环形销散热片，其分开地引线键合到主表面，并且间隔小于300微米。

公开(公告)号：US07286351B2

公开(公告)日：2007-10-23

申请号：US11124525

申请日：2005-05-06

申请人： Levi A. Campbell ,  Richard C. Chu ,  Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr. ,  Madhusudan K. Iyengar ,  Roger R. Schmidt ,  Robert E. Simons

发明人： Levi A. Campbell ,  Richard C. Chu ,  Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr. ,  Madhusudan K. Iyengar ,  Roger R. Schmidt ,  Robert E. Simons

IPC分类号： H05K7/20

CPC分类号： H05K7/20745

摘要： Apparatus and method are provided for facilitating cooling of an electronics rack employing a closed loop heat exchange system. The closed loop heat exchange system includes a first heat exchanger, a second heat exchanger, and a coolant distribution loop connecting the first heat exchanger and the second heat exchanger. When operational, the coolant distribution loop allows coolant to circulate between the first heat exchanger and the second heat exchanger. The closed loop heat exchange system couples to the electronics rack with the first heat exchanger disposed at an air inlet side of the electronics rack, and the first heat exchanger and the second heat exchanger disposed in different inlet-to-outlet air flow paths through the electronics rack to reduce an imbalance in air flow temperature of the different inlet-to-outlet air flow paths through the electronics rack.

摘要翻译： 提供了设备和方法，以便于采用闭环热交换系统的电子机架的冷却。 闭环热交换系统包括第一热交换器，第二热交换器和连接第一热交换器和第二热交换器的冷却剂分配回路。 当操作时，冷却剂分配回路允许冷却剂在第一热交换器和第二热交换器之间循环。 闭环热交换系统与设置在电子机架的空气入口侧的第一热交换器耦合到电子机架，并且第一热交换器和第二热交换器设置在不同的入口到出口的气流通道中 电子机架，以减少通过电子机架的不同入口到出口气流路径的空气流温度不平衡。

公开(公告)号：US07787248B2

公开(公告)日：2010-08-31

申请号：US11426423

申请日：2006-06-26

申请人： Levi A. Campbell ,  Richard C. Chu ,  Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr. ,  Madhusudan K. Iyengar ,  Roger R. Schmidt ,  Robert E. Simons

发明人： Levi A. Campbell ,  Richard C. Chu ,  Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr. ,  Madhusudan K. Iyengar ,  Roger R. Schmidt ,  Robert E. Simons

IPC分类号： H05K7/20 ,  F28F7/00 ,  H01B9/06 ,  F25D23/12 ,  B05B7/06

CPC分类号： H01L23/4735 ,  H01L23/427 ,  H01L2924/0002 ,  Y10S165/908 ,  Y10T29/49002 ,  H01L2924/00

摘要： A multi-fluid cooling system and methods of fabrication thereof are provided for removing heat from one or more electronic devices. The cooling system includes a multi-fluid manifold structure with at least one first fluid inlet orifice and at least one second fluid inlet orifice for concurrently, separately injecting a first fluid and a second fluid onto a surface to be cooled when the cooling system is employed to cool one or more electronic devices, wherein the first fluid and the second fluid are immiscible, and the first fluid has a lower boiling point temperature than the second fluid. When the cooling system is employed to cool the one or more electronic devices and the first fluid boils, evolving first fluid vapor condenses in situ by direct contact with the second fluid of higher boiling point temperature.

摘要翻译： 提供多流体冷却系统及其制造方法，用于从一个或多个电子设备去除热量。 冷却系统包括具有至少一个第一流体入口孔口和至少一个第二流体入口孔口的多流体歧管结构，用于在采用冷却系统时同时单独地将第一流体和第二流体注入待冷却的表面上 以冷却一个或多个电子设备，其中所述第一流体和所述第二流体是不混溶的，并且所述第一流体具有比所述第二流体低的沸点温度。 当冷却系统用于冷却一个或多个电子装置和第一流体沸腾时，放出的第一流体蒸汽通过与较高沸点温度的第二流体直接接触而原位冷凝。

公开(公告)号：US07660121B2

公开(公告)日：2010-02-09

申请号：US12274459

申请日：2008-11-20

申请人： Levi A. Campbell ,  Richard C. Chu ,  Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr. ,  Madhusudan K. Iyengar ,  Roger R. Schmidt ,  Robert E. Simons

发明人： Levi A. Campbell ,  Richard C. Chu ,  Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr. ,  Madhusudan K. Iyengar ,  Roger R. Schmidt ,  Robert E. Simons

IPC分类号： H05K7/20

CPC分类号： H05K7/20745

摘要： A cooling system and method are provided for cooling air exiting one or more electronics racks of a data center. The cooling system includes at least one cooling station separate and freestanding from at least one respective electronics rack of the data center, and configured for disposition of an air outlet side of electronics rack adjacent thereto for cooling egressing air from the electronics rack. The cooling station includes a frame structure separate and freestanding from the respective electronics rack, and an air-to-liquid heat exchange assembly supported by the frame structure. The heat exchange assembly includes an inlet and an outlet configured to respectively couple to coolant supply and coolant return lines for facilitating passage of coolant therethrough. The air-to-liquid heat exchange assembly is sized to cool egressing air from the air outlet side of the respective electronics rack before being expelled into the data center.

摘要翻译： 提供冷却系统和方法来冷却离开数据中心的一个或多个电子机架的空气。 冷却系统包括与数据中心的至少一个相应的电子机架分离和独立的至少一个冷却站，并且被配置为用于设置与其相邻的电子机柜的空气出口侧，用于冷却从电子机架排出空气。 冷却站包括从相应的电子机架分离和独立的框架结构，以及由框架结构支撑的空气对液体热交换组件。 热交换组件包括入口和出口，其构造成分别耦合到冷却剂供应源和冷却剂返回管线，以便于冷却剂通过其中。 空气 - 液体热交换组件的尺寸设定为在排出到数据中心之前冷却从相应的电子机架的空气出口侧排出的空气。

公开(公告)号：US07639499B1

公开(公告)日：2009-12-29

申请号：US12168259

申请日：2008-07-07

申请人： Levi A. Campbell ,  Richard C. Chu ,  Martin J. Crippen ,  Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr. ,  Madhusudan K. Iyengar ,  Vinod Kamath ,  Jason A. Matteson ,  Roger R. Schmidt ,  Robert E. Simons

发明人： Levi A. Campbell ,  Richard C. Chu ,  Martin J. Crippen ,  Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr. ,  Madhusudan K. Iyengar ,  Vinod Kamath ,  Jason A. Matteson ,  Roger R. Schmidt ,  Robert E. Simons

IPC分类号： H05K7/20

CPC分类号： H05K7/20772

摘要： Apparatus and method are provided for facilitating liquid cooling one or more components of an electronic subsystem chassis disposed within an electronics rack. The apparatus includes a rack-level coolant manifold assembly and at least one movable chassis-level manifold subassembly. The rack-level coolant manifold assembly includes a rack-level inlet manifold and a rack-level outlet manifold, and each movable chassis-level manifold subassembly includes a chassis-level coolant inlet manifold coupled in fluid communication with the rack-level inlet manifold, and a chassis-level coolant outlet manifold coupled in fluid communication with the rack-level outlet manifold. The chassis-level manifold subassembly is slidably coupled to the electronics rack to facilitate access to one or more removable components of the electronic subsystem chassis. In one embodiment, the electronics subsystem chassis is a multi-blade center system having multiple removable blades, each blade being an electronics subsystem.

摘要翻译： 提供了设备和方法，以便于液体冷却设置在电子机架内的电子子系统机架的一个或多个部件。 该设备包括机架级冷却剂歧管组件和至少一个可移动底盘级歧管组件。 机架级冷却剂歧管组件包括机架级入口歧管和机架级出口歧管，并且每个可移动底盘级歧管组件包括与机架级入口歧管流体连通地联接的底盘级冷却剂入口歧管， 以及与所述齿条级出口歧管流体连通地联接的底盘级冷却剂出口歧管。 底盘级歧管子组件可滑动地联接到电子机架，以便于接近电子子系统底盘的一个或多个可拆卸部件。 在一个实施例中，电子系统底盘是具有多个可移除刀片的多刀片中心系统，每个刀片是电子子系统。

公开(公告)号：US07511957B2

公开(公告)日：2009-03-31

申请号：US11420241

申请日：2006-05-25

申请人： Levi A. Campbell ,  Richard C. Chu ,  Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr. ,  Madhusudan K. Iyengar ,  Roger R. Schmidt ,  Robert E. Simons

发明人： Levi A. Campbell ,  Richard C. Chu ,  Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr. ,  Madhusudan K. Iyengar ,  Roger R. Schmidt ,  Robert E. Simons

IPC分类号： H05K7/20

CPC分类号： F28C3/08 ,  F28F7/00 ,  H01L23/4735 ,  H01L2224/73253 ,  Y10S165/908

摘要： A cooled electronic module and method of fabrication are provided employing a cooling apparatus for removing heat from one or more electronic devices disposed on a substrate. The cooling apparatus includes a supply manifold structure having a plurality of inlet orifices for injecting coolant onto a surface to be cooled, and a return manifold structure. The return manifold structure, which is fabricated of a thermally conductive material, has a base surface sealed to the surface to be cooled along a periphery thereof employing a thermally conductive, coolant-tight seal. The return manifold structure provides at least one return passageway for exhausting coolant after impinging on the surface to be cooled, wherein coolant exhausting through the at least one passageway cools the return manifold structure, thereby facilitating further cooling of the surface to be cooled in a region where the base surface is sealed to the surface to be cooled.

摘要翻译： 使用冷却装置提供冷却的电子模块和制造方法，用于从设置在基板上的一个或多个电子装置移除热量。 冷却装置包括供给歧管结构，其具有用于将冷却剂喷射到待冷却的表面上的多个入口孔和回流歧管结构。 由导热材料制成的回流歧管结构具有使用导热的冷却剂密封密封在其周围的待冷却表面的基面。 返回歧管结构提供至少一个返回通道，用于在撞击待冷却表面之后排出冷却剂，其中通过至少一个通道的冷却剂排出冷却回流歧管结构，从而有助于进一步冷却待冷却表面 其中基面被密封到待冷却的表面。

公开(公告)号：US07486514B2

公开(公告)日：2009-02-03

申请号：US12054944

申请日：2008-03-25

申请人： Levi A. Campbell ,  Richard C. Chu ,  Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr. ,  Madhusudan K. Iyengar ,  Roger R. Schmidt ,  Robert E. Simons

发明人： Levi A. Campbell ,  Richard C. Chu ,  Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr. ,  Madhusudan K. Iyengar ,  Roger R. Schmidt ,  Robert E. Simons

IPC分类号： H05K7/20 ,  F28F7/00

CPC分类号： H01L23/4338 ,  H01L2924/0002 ,  H01L2924/00

摘要： Cooling apparatuses and methods are provided for cooling an assembly including a substrate supporting multiple electronics components. The cooling apparatus includes: multiple discrete cold plates, each having a coolant inlet, a coolant outlet and at least one coolant chamber disposed therebetween; and multiple coolant-carrying tubes, each tube extending from a respective cold plate and being in fluid communication with the coolant inlet or outlet of the cold plate. An enclosure is provided having a perimeter region which engages the substrate to form a cavity with the electronics components and cold plates being disposed within the cavity. The enclosure is configured with multiple bores, each bore being sized and located to receive a respective coolant-carrying tube of the tubes extending from the cold plates. Further, the enclosure is configured with a manifold in fluid communication with the tubes for distributing coolant in parallel to the cold plates.

摘要翻译： 提供冷却装置和方法用于冷却包括支撑多个电子部件的基板的组件。 冷却装置包括：多个分立的冷板，每个分别具有冷却剂入口，冷却剂出口和设置在其间的至少一个冷却剂室; 和多个冷却剂输送管，每个管从相应的冷板延伸并与冷板的冷却剂入口或出口流体连通。 提供了一个外壳，其周边区域与基板接合以形成空腔，电子部件和冷板设置在空腔内。 外壳被配置有多个孔，每个孔的尺寸和位置被定位成接收从冷板延伸的管的相应的冷却剂承载管。 此外，外壳配置有与管流体连通的歧管，用于与冷板平行地分配冷却剂。

公开(公告)号：US07477514B2

公开(公告)日：2009-01-13

申请号：US11744269

申请日：2007-05-04

申请人： Levi A. Campbell ,  Richard C. Chu ,  Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr. ,  Madhusudan K. Iyengar ,  Roger R. Schmidt ,  Robert E. Simons

发明人： Levi A. Campbell ,  Richard C. Chu ,  Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr. ,  Madhusudan K. Iyengar ,  Roger R. Schmidt ,  Robert E. Simons

IPC分类号： H05K7/20

CPC分类号： H05K7/20745

摘要： A cooling method are provided for cooling air exiting one or more electronics racks of a data center. The cooling system includes at least one cooling station separate and freestanding from at least one respective electronics rack of the data center, and configured for disposition of an air outlet side of electronics rack adjacent thereto for cooling egressing air from the electronics rack. The cooling station includes a frame structure separate and freestanding from the respective electronics rack, and an air-to-liquid heat exchange assembly supported by the frame structure. The heat exchange assembly includes an inlet and an outlet configured to respectively couple to coolant supply and coolant return lines for facilitating passage of coolant therethrough. The air-to-liquid heat exchange assembly is sized to cool egressing air from the air outlet side of the respective electronics rack before being expelled into the data center.

摘要翻译： 提供冷却方法来冷却离开数据中心的一个或多个电子机架的空气。 冷却系统包括与数据中心的至少一个相应的电子机架分离和独立的至少一个冷却站，并且被配置为用于设置与其相邻的电子机柜的空气出口侧，用于冷却从电子机架排出空气。 冷却站包括从相应的电子机架分离和独立的框架结构，以及由框架结构支撑的空气对液体热交换组件。 热交换组件包括入口和出口，其构造成分别耦合到冷却剂供应源和冷却剂返回管线，以便于冷却剂通过其中。 空气 - 液体热交换组件的尺寸设定为在排出到数据中心之前冷却从相应的电子机架的空气出口侧排出的空气。

公开(公告)号：US20080273307A1

公开(公告)日：2008-11-06

申请号：US12168267

申请日：2008-07-07

申请人： Levi A. Campbell ,  Richard C. Chu ,  Michael J. Ellsworth ,  Madhusudan K. Iyengar ,  Roger R. Schmidt ,  Robert E. Simons

发明人： Levi A. Campbell ,  Richard C. Chu ,  Michael J. Ellsworth ,  Madhusudan K. Iyengar ,  Roger R. Schmidt ,  Robert E. Simons

IPC分类号： H05K7/20

CPC分类号： H05K7/20009 ,  G06F1/20 ,  G06F2200/201 ,  H05K7/20772

摘要： A system for cooling an electronics system is provided. The cooling system includes a monolithic structure preconfigured for cooling multiple electronic components of the electronics system when coupled thereto. The monolithic structure includes multiple liquid-cooled cold plates configured and disposed in spaced relation to couple to respective electronic components; a plurality of coolant-carrying tubes metallurgically bonded in fluid communication with the multiple liquid-cooled cold plates, and a liquid-coolant header subassembly metallurgically bonded in fluid communication with multiple coolant-carrying tubes. The header subassembly includes a coolant supply header metallurgically bonded to coolant supply tubes and a coolant return header metallurgically bonded to coolant return tubes. When in use, the multiple liquid-cooled cold plates engage respective electronic components of the electronics system, and liquid coolant is distributed through the liquid-coolant header subassembly and plurality of coolant-carrying tubes to the cold plates for removal of heat generated by the respective electronic components.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种用于冷却电子系统的系统。 冷却系统包括预先配置用于冷却电子系统的多个电子部件的单片结构，当与其耦合时。 整体结构包括多个液冷冷板，其配置和间隔设置，以耦合到相应的电子部件; 多个与多个液冷冷却板流体连通地冶金结合的冷却剂供给管，以及与多个冷却剂供给管道流体连通地冶金结合的液体 - 冷却剂集管组件。 头部组件包括冶金地结合到冷却剂供应管的冷却剂供应头和与冷却剂返回管冶金结合的冷却剂回流头。 当使用时，多个液冷冷板接合电子系统的各个电子部件，并且液体冷却剂通过液体 - 冷却剂集管子组件和多个冷却剂输送管分配到冷板以除去由 各自的电子元件。