公开(公告)号：US06820684B1

公开(公告)日：2004-11-23

申请号：US10606588

申请日：2003-06-26

申请人： Richard C. Chu ,  Micheal J. Ellsworth, Jr. ,  Robert E. Simons

发明人： Richard C. Chu ,  Micheal J. Ellsworth, Jr. ,  Robert E. Simons

IPC分类号： F28D1500

CPC分类号： F28D15/02 ,  F28F3/022 ,  H01L23/427 ,  H01L2924/0002 ,  H01L2924/00

摘要： A cooling system and method, and a cooled electronics assembly are provided employing a thermal spreader having an inner chamber evacuated and partially filled with a liquid. A phase separator is disposed within the thermal spreader to at least partially divide the inner chamber into a boiling section and a condensing section, while allowing vapor and liquid to circulate between the sections. A heat extraction assembly is disposed at least partially within the inner chamber to extract heat therefrom. When the thermal spreader is coupled to a heat generating component with the boiling section disposed adjacent thereto, liquid within the thermal spreader boils in the boiling section, producing vapor which flows upward from the boiling section and causes liquid to flow into the boiling section from the condensing section, thereby providing circulatory flow between the sections and facilitating removal of heat from the heat generating component.

摘要翻译： 提供一种冷却系统和方法以及冷却电子组件，其采用具有抽空并部分填充有液体的内部腔室的散热器。 相分离器设置在散热器内，以至少部分地将内室分成沸腾部分和冷凝部分，同时允许蒸气和液体在部分之间循环。 热抽取组件至少部分地设置在内室内以从其中提取热量。 当热撒布机与相邻设置的沸腾部分的发热部件联接时，散热器内的液体在沸腾部分中沸腾，产生从沸腾部分向上流动的蒸气，并使液体从沸腾部分流入沸腾部分 从而在各部分之间提供循环流动，并且有助于从发热部件去除热量。

公开(公告)号：US08985847B2

公开(公告)日：2015-03-24

申请号：US13300803

申请日：2011-11-21

申请人： Levi A. Campbell ,  Richard C. Chu ,  Milnes P. David ,  Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr. ,  Madhusudan K. Iyengar ,  Robert E. Simons

发明人： Levi A. Campbell ,  Richard C. Chu ,  Milnes P. David ,  Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr. ,  Madhusudan K. Iyengar ,  Robert E. Simons

IPC分类号： G01N3/60 ,  G01N17/00 ,  G01N25/16 ,  G01N25/00 ,  H05K7/20

CPC分类号： H05K7/20836

摘要： Monitoring of cooling of an electronic component is provided, which includes: determining a current thermal resistance associated with one or more of the electronic component, a heat sink coupled to the electronic component, or a thermal interface coupling the electronic component and the heat sink; and determining, by a processor, whether the current thermal resistance exceeds a set thermal resistance threshold, and responsive to the current thermal resistance exceeding the set thermal resistance threshold, indicating a thermal resistance fault. As an enhancement, rate of change over time of the thermal resistance is determined, and compared against a rate of change threshold, and if exceeding the threshold, a rate of change thermal resistance warning is provided.

摘要翻译： 提供了对电子部件的冷却的监视，其包括：确定与电子部件中的一个或多个相关联的当前热阻，耦合到电子部件的散热器或耦合电子部件和散热器的热接口; 以及通过处理器确定当前热阻是否超过设定的热阻阈值，并且响应于当前热阻超过设定的热阻阈值，指示热阻故障。 作为增强，确定热阻时间的变化率，并且与变化率阈值进行比较，并且如果超过阈值，则提供变化率热阻警告。

公开(公告)号：US08922998B2

公开(公告)日：2014-12-30

申请号：US13281495

申请日：2011-10-26

申请人： Levi A. Campbell ,  Richard C. Chu ,  Milnes P. David ,  Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr. ,  Madhusudan K. Iyengar ,  Eric J. McKeever ,  Robert E. Simons

发明人： Levi A. Campbell ,  Richard C. Chu ,  Milnes P. David ,  Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr. ,  Madhusudan K. Iyengar ,  Eric J. McKeever ,  Robert E. Simons

IPC分类号： G06F1/20 ,  H05K5/00 ,  H05K7/20 ,  F28D7/10 ,  F28D7/12 ,  F28D7/02 ,  F28F3/12 ,  F28F1/10 ,  F28F1/00

CPC分类号： H05K7/20272 ,  H05K7/2079 ,  Y10T29/4935 ,  Y10T29/49389

摘要： A cooling apparatus is provided which includes one or more coolant-cooled structures attached to one or more electronic components, one or more coolant conduits, and one or more coolant manifolds. The coolant-cooled structure(s) includes one or more coolant-carrying channels, and the coolant manifolds includes one or more rotatable manifold sections. One coolant conduit couples in fluid communication a respective rotatable manifold section and the coolant-carrying channel(s) of a respective coolant-cooled structure. The respective rotatable manifold section is rotatable relative to another portion of the coolant manifold to facilitate detaching of the coolant-cooled structure from its associated electronic component while maintaining the coolant-cooled structure in fluid communication with the respective rotatable manifold section through the one coolant conduit, which in one embodiment, is a substantially rigid coolant conduit.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种冷却装置，其包括连接到一个或多个电子部件，一个或多个冷却剂管道和一个或多个冷却剂歧管的一个或多个冷却剂冷却结构。 冷却剂冷却结构包括一个或多个冷却剂输送通道，并且冷却剂歧管包括一个或多个可旋转的歧管段。 一个冷却剂管道将相应的可旋转歧管部分和相应冷却剂冷却结构的冷却剂输送通道流体连通地连接。 相应的可旋转歧管部分可相对于冷却剂歧管的另一部分旋转，以便于将冷却剂冷却结构与其相关联的电子部件分离，同时保持冷却剂冷却结构与相应的可旋转歧管部分流体连通，通过一个冷却剂管道 ，其在一个实施例中是基本刚性的冷却剂导管。

公开(公告)号：US08857057B2

公开(公告)日：2014-10-14

申请号：US13447421

申请日：2012-04-16

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

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

IPC分类号： B21D53/02 ,  B23P6/00 ,  F28D15/00 ,  H01S4/00 ,  H05K7/20

CPC分类号： H05K7/20781 ,  Y10T29/49002 ,  Y10T29/4935 ,  Y10T29/49352 ,  Y10T29/49826

摘要： An apparatus for facilitating servicing of a liquid-cooled electronics rack is provided. The apparatus includes a coolant tank, a coolant pump in fluid communication with the coolant tank, multiple parallel-connected coolant supply lines coupling the coolant pump to a coolant supply port of the apparatus, and a coolant return port and a coolant return line coupled between the coolant return port and the coolant tank. Each coolant supply line includes a coolant control valve for selectively controlling flow of coolant therethrough pumped by the coolant pump from the coolant tank. At least one coolant supply line includes at least one filter, and one coolant supply line is a bypass line with no filter. When operational, the apparatus facilitates filling of coolant into a cooling system of a liquid-cooled electronics rack by allowing for selective filtering of coolant inserted into the cooling system.

摘要翻译： 提供一种用于便利液体冷却电子机架的维修的装置。 该装置包括冷却剂箱，与冷却剂箱流体连通的冷却剂泵，将冷却剂泵连接到设备的冷却剂供应端口的多个并联连接的冷却剂供应管线，以及冷却剂返回端口和冷却剂返回管线， 冷却液返回口和冷却液箱。 每个冷却剂供应管线包括冷却剂控制阀，用于选择性地控制由冷却剂泵从冷却剂箱泵送的冷却剂流。 至少一个冷却剂供应管线包括至少一个过滤器，一个冷却剂供应管线是没有过滤器的旁路管路。 当操作时，该装置通过允许选择性地过滤插入到冷却系统中的冷却剂，便于将冷却剂填充到液冷电子机架的冷却系统中。

公开(公告)号：US08789385B2

公开(公告)日：2014-07-29

申请号：US13451668

申请日：2012-04-20

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

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

IPC分类号： F25D23/12

CPC分类号： F25B21/02 ,  F25B40/00 ,  H05K7/20836

摘要： A method is provided for facilitating cooling of an electronic component. The method includes: providing a refrigerant loop configured for refrigerant to flow through the loop; coupling a compressor in fluid communication with the loop, wherein a first portion of the loop resides upstream of a refrigerant inlet of the compressor, and a second portion resides downstream; and disposing a controllable thermoelectric array in thermal communication with the refrigerant loop. The thermoelectric array is disposed with the first portion of the refrigerant loop at least partially in thermal contact with the first side of the array, and the second portion of the loop at least partially in thermal contact with a second side of the array. The array is controlled to ensure that refrigerant in the refrigerant loop entering the compressor is in a superheated thermodynamic state.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种便于冷却电子部件的方法。 该方法包括：提供构造成制冷剂流过环路的制冷剂回路; 联接压缩机与环路流体连通，其中环路的第一部分位于压缩机的制冷剂入口的上游，第二部分位于下游; 并配置可控热电阵列与制冷剂回路热连通。 热电阵列设置成与制冷剂回路的第一部分至少部分地与阵列的第一侧热接触，并且环的第二部分至少部分地与阵列的第二侧热接触。 控制阵列以确保进入压缩机的制冷剂回路中的制冷剂处于过热的热力学状态。

公开(公告)号：US08713955B2

公开(公告)日：2014-05-06

申请号：US13271290

申请日：2011-10-12

申请人： Levi A. Campbell ,  Richard C. Chu ,  Evan G. Colgan ,  Milnes P. David ,  Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr. ,  Madhusudan K. Iyengar ,  Robert E. Simons

发明人： Levi A. Campbell ,  Richard C. Chu ,  Evan G. Colgan ,  Milnes P. David ,  Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr. ,  Madhusudan K. Iyengar ,  Robert E. Simons

IPC分类号： F25D23/12

CPC分类号： F25B43/003 ,  F25B2400/01 ,  H05K7/20327 ,  H05K7/20809

摘要： Apparatuses and methods are provided for facilitating cooling of an electronic component. The apparatus includes a vapor-compression refrigeration system. The vapor-compression refrigeration system includes an expansion component, an evaporator, a compressor, and a condenser coupled in fluid communication via a refrigerant flow path. The evaporator is coupled to and cools the electronic component. The apparatus further includes a contaminant extractor coupled in fluid communication with the refrigerant flow path. The extractor includes a refrigerant boiling filter and a heater. At least a portion of refrigerant passing through the refrigerant flow path passes through the refrigerant boiling filter, and the heater provides heat to the refrigerant boiling filter to boil refrigerant passing through the filter. By boiling refrigerant passing through the filter, contaminants are extracted from the refrigerant, and are deposited in the refrigerant boiling filter.

摘要翻译： 提供了便于冷却电子部件的装置和方法。 该装置包括蒸气压缩制冷系统。 蒸汽压缩式制冷系统包括膨胀部件，蒸发器，压缩机以及通过制冷剂流动路径流体连通的冷凝器。 蒸发器与电子部件联接并冷却。 该装置还包括与制冷剂流动路径流体连通地联接的污染物提取器。 提取器包括制冷剂沸腾过滤器和加热器。 通过制冷剂流路的制冷剂的至少一部分通过制冷剂沸腾过滤器，并且加热器向制冷剂沸腾过滤器提供热量以沸腾通过过滤器的制冷剂。 通过沸腾通过过滤器的制冷剂，污染物从制冷剂中排出，并沉积在制冷剂沸腾过滤器中。

公开(公告)号：US20140071626A1

公开(公告)日：2014-03-13

申请号：US13613753

申请日：2012-09-13

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

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

IPC分类号： F28D15/02 ,  B21D53/02 ,  H05K7/20 ,  F28D7/00

CPC分类号： H05K7/20309 ,  B23P15/26 ,  F28D9/0025 ,  F28D15/02 ,  F28F3/046 ,  F28F3/12 ,  F28F9/02 ,  H05K7/203 ,  H05K7/20809 ,  Y10T29/4935 ,  Y10T29/49359 ,  Y10T29/49396

摘要： A vapor condenser is provided which includes a three-dimensional folded structure which defines, at least in part, a set of coolant-carrying channels and a set of vapor condensing channels, with the coolant-carrying channels being interleaved with and extending parallel to the vapor condensing channels. The folded structure includes a thermally conductive sheet with multiple folds in the sheet. One side of the sheet is a vapor condensing surface, and the opposite side of the sheet is a coolant-cooled surface, with at least a portion of the coolant-cooled surface defining the coolant-carrying channels, and being in contact with coolant within the coolant-carrying channels. The vapor condenser further includes, in one embodiment, a top plate, and first and second end manifolds which are coupled to opposite ends of the folded structure and in fluid communication with the coolant-carrying channels to facilitate flow of coolant through the coolant-carrying channels.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种蒸汽冷凝器，其包括三维折叠结构，其至少部分地限定一组冷却剂传送通道和一组蒸气冷凝通道，其中冷却剂传送通道与 蒸汽冷凝通道。 折叠结构包括在片材中具有多个折叠的导热片。 片材的一侧是蒸汽冷凝表面，并且片材的相对侧是冷却剂冷却的表面，冷却剂冷却表面的至少一部分限定了冷却剂传送通道，并与冷却剂内部的冷却剂接触 冷却液承载通道。 蒸气冷凝器在一个实施例中还包括顶板，以及第一和第二端部歧管，其连接到折叠结构的相对端并与冷却剂承载通道流体连通以便于冷却剂流过冷却剂携带 频道

公开(公告)号：US08564952B2

公开(公告)日：2013-10-22

申请号：US13189596

申请日：2011-07-25

申请人： Levi A. Campbell ,  Richard C. Chu ,  Milnes P. David ,  Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr. ,  Madusudan K. Iyengar ,  Robert E. Simons

发明人： Levi A. Campbell ,  Richard C. Chu ,  Milnes P. David ,  Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr. ,  Madusudan K. Iyengar ,  Robert E. Simons

IPC分类号： H05K7/20

CPC分类号： H05K7/20809 ,  H05K7/20309 ,  H05K7/20318 ,  Y10T29/4935 ,  Y10T29/49377 ,  Y10T29/49378

摘要： A heat sink, and cooled electronic structure and cooled electronic apparatus utilizing the heat sink, are provided. The heat sink is fabricated of a thermally conductive structure which includes one or more coolant-carrying channels and one or more vapor-condensing channels. A membrane is disposed between the coolant-carrying channel(s) and the vapor-condensing channel(s). The membrane includes at least one vapor-permeable region, at least a portion of which overlies a portion of the coolant-carrying channel(s) and facilitates removal of vapor from the coolant-carrying channel(s) to the vapor-condensing channel(s). The heat sink further includes one or more coolant inlets coupled to provide a first liquid coolant flow to the coolant-carrying channel(s), and a second liquid coolant flow to condense vapor within the vapor-condensing channel(s).

摘要翻译： 提供了一种散热器，以及使用散热器的冷却电子结构和冷却电子设备。 散热器由导热结构制成，其包括一个或多个冷却剂输送通道和一个或多个蒸汽冷凝通道。 一个薄膜设置在冷却剂输送通道和蒸汽冷凝通道之间。 膜包括至少一个透气区域，其至少一部分覆盖着一部分冷却剂输送通道，并且有助于将蒸气从冷却剂输送通道移除到蒸汽冷凝通道（ s）。 散热器还包括一个或多个冷却剂入口，所述冷却剂入口联接以向所述冷却剂输送通道提供第一液体冷却剂流，以及第二液体冷却剂流以冷凝所述蒸气冷凝通道内的蒸汽。

公开(公告)号：US08387249B2

公开(公告)日：2013-03-05

申请号：US11942221

申请日：2007-11-19

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

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

IPC分类号： B21D53/02 ,  B23P6/00 ,  F28D15/00 ,  H01S4/00

CPC分类号： H05K7/20781 ,  Y10T29/49002 ,  Y10T29/4935 ,  Y10T29/49352 ,  Y10T29/49826

摘要： Apparatus and method for facilitating servicing of a liquid-cooled electronics rack are provided. The apparatus includes a coolant tank, a coolant pump in fluid communication with the coolant tank, multiple parallel-connected coolant supply lines coupling the coolant pump to a coolant supply port of the apparatus, and a coolant return port and a coolant return line coupled between the coolant return port and the coolant tank. Each coolant supply line includes a coolant control valve for selectively controlling flow of coolant therethrough pumped by the coolant pump from the coolant tank. At least one coolant supply line includes at least one filter, and one coolant supply line is a bypass line with no filter. When operational, the apparatus facilitates filling of coolant into a cooling system of a liquid-cooled electronics rack by allowing for selective filtering of coolant inserted into the cooling system.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种便于维护液冷电子机架的设备和方法。 该装置包括冷却剂箱，与冷却剂箱流体连通的冷却剂泵，将冷却剂泵连接到设备的冷却剂供应端口的多个并联连接的冷却剂供应管线，以及冷却剂返回端口和冷却剂返回管线， 冷却液返回口和冷却液箱。 每个冷却剂供应管线包括冷却剂控制阀，用于选择性地控制由冷却剂泵从冷却剂箱泵送的冷却剂流。 至少一个冷却剂供应管线包括至少一个过滤器，一个冷却剂供应管线是没有过滤器的旁路管路。 当操作时，该装置通过允许选择性地过滤插入到冷却系统中的冷却剂，便于将冷却剂填充到液冷电子机架的冷却系统中。

公开(公告)号：US08274790B2

公开(公告)日：2012-09-25

申请号：US12947302

申请日：2010-11-16

申请人： Levi A. Campbell ,  Richard C. Chu ,  Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr. ,  Madhusudan K. Iyengar ,  Randall G. Kemink ,  Robert E. Simons

发明人： Levi A. Campbell ,  Richard C. Chu ,  Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr. ,  Madhusudan K. Iyengar ,  Randall G. Kemink ,  Robert E. Simons

IPC分类号： H05K7/20 ,  F28F7/00 ,  F28D15/00

CPC分类号： H05K7/20781 ,  H05K7/20836

摘要： An apparatus is provided for cooling an electronics rack, which includes an electronic subsystem across which air passing through the rack flows. A cooling unit provides, via system coolant supply and return manifolds, system coolant in parallel to the electronic subsystem and an air-to-liquid heat exchanger disposed to cool, in normal-mode, air passing through the rack. A controller monitors coolant associated with the cooling unit and automatically transitions the cooling apparatus from normal-mode to failure-mode responsive to detecting a failure of the coolant. In transitioning to failure-mode, multiple isolation valves are employed in switching to a serial flow of system coolant from the electronic subsystem to the heat exchanger for rejecting, via the system coolant, heat from the electronic subsystem to air passing across the heat exchanger.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种用于冷却电子机架的装置，其包括通过机架的空气流过的电子子系统。 冷却单元通过系统冷却剂供应和回流歧管提供与电子子系统并联的系统冷却剂，以及空气 - 液体热交换器，其设置为在正常模式下冷却通过该架的空气。 控制器监测与冷却单元相关联的冷却剂，并响应于检测冷却剂的故障而自动地将冷却装置从正常模式转换到故障模式。 在转换到故障模式时，采用多个隔离阀来切换到从电子子系统到热交换器的系统冷却剂的串联流，从而通过系统冷却剂从热电子系统向热交换器排出热量。