Energy efficient liquid-thermoelectric hybrid cooling for hot-spot removal

Vivek Sahu, Andrei G. Fedorov, Yogendra Joshi, Kazuaki Yazawa, Amirkoushyar Ziabari, Ali Shakouri

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Abstract

We report a study on a liquid-thermoelectric hybrid cooling that allows a multiple larger heat flux (>600 W/m 2) hotspots on a chip that is never achievable with a reasonable pump power for a microchannel with single phase liquid cooling. Thermoelectric effect is realized in this study by embedding to the silicon chip in superlattice microcooler which has been studied in our previous work. We went through an analytic modeling including spreading resistance through the substrate and modeled the fluid dynamic characteristic of microchannel so that we were able to find the pump power and cooling power of superlattice cooler. We also verified the performance with 3D numerical simulation. The results show that the hybrid system allows much higher heat flux for a hotspot while superlattice cooler locates correctly. As an example, if we have a ZT=0.5 material, a 500μm x 500μm hotspot can be maintained at 85°C (ambient 35°C) with around 850W/cm 2 while a simple liquid cooling reaches 620W/cm 2 for the same 12W/cm 2 of overall cooling power.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication28th Annual IEEE Semiconductor Thermal Measurement and Management Symposium, SEMI-THERM 2012
Pages130-134
Number of pages5
DOIs
StatePublished - 2012
Externally publishedYes
Event28th Annual IEEE Semiconductor Thermal Measurement and Management Symposium, SEMI-THERM 2012 - San Jose, CA, United States
Duration: Mar 18 2012Mar 22 2012

Publication series

NameAnnual IEEE Semiconductor Thermal Measurement and Management Symposium
ISSN (Print)1065-2221

Conference

Conference28th Annual IEEE Semiconductor Thermal Measurement and Management Symposium, SEMI-THERM 2012
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Jose, CA
Period03/18/1203/22/12

Keywords

  • energy efficient
  • hotspot
  • liquid cooling
  • superlattice microcooler

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