A novel heat sink based on a multilayer stack of liquid cooled microchannels is investigated. For a given pumping power and heat removal capability for the heat sink, the flow rate across a stack of microchannels is lower compared to a single layer of microchannels. Numerical simulations using a computationally efficient multigrid method [1] were carried out to investigate the detailed conjugate transport within the heat sink. The effects of the microchannel aspect ratio and total number of layers on thermal performance were studied for water as coolant. A heat sink of base area 10 mm by 10 mm with a height in the range 1.8 to 4.5 mm (2–5 layers) was considered with water flow rate in the range (50 ml/min) to (400 ml/min). The results of the computational simulations were also compared with a simplified thermal resistance network analysis.
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March 2004
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Stacked Microchannel Heat Sinks for Liquid Cooling of Microelectronic Components
Xiaojin Wei,
Xiaojin Wei
G.W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332
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Yogendra Joshi
e-mail: yogendra.joshi@me.gatech.edu
Yogendra Joshi
G.W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332
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Xiaojin Wei
G.W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332
Yogendra Joshi
G.W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332
e-mail: yogendra.joshi@me.gatech.edu
Contributed by the Electronic and Photonic Packaging Division for publication in the JOURNAL OF ELECTRONIC PACKAGING. Manuscript received June 2003. Associate Editor: D. Agonafer.
J. Electron. Packag. Mar 2004, 126(1): 60-66 (7 pages)
Published Online: April 30, 2004
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June 1, 2003
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Wei , X., and Joshi, Y. (April 30, 2004). "Stacked Microchannel Heat Sinks for Liquid Cooling of Microelectronic Components ." ASME. J. Electron. Packag. March 2004; 126(1): 60–66. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.1647124
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