Patent ID: 6501654
Filing Date: 2002-12-31
Classification: B81B,F28F,G11B,H01L

Abstract:
A heat exchange system for cooling an electronic component, the system comprising:a microfluidic heat exchange device containing an operating fluid in thermal communication with the electronic component, the microfluidic heat exchange device being fabricated with a plurality of device layers including a stencil layer having a thickness and defining a microfluidic channel or chamber through the entire thickness of the stencil layer, wherein at least one device layer of the microfluidic heat exchange device comprises a self-adhesive tape material, the microfluidic heat exchange device further having a fluidic inlet and a fluidic outlet in fluid communication with the microfluidic channel or chamber such that the operating fluid enters the fluidic inlet at an inlet temperature and exits the fluidic outlet at an outlet temperature; and a heat rejection apparatus fluidically coupled to the microfluidic heat exchange device, the heat rejection apparatus being adapted to receive the operating fluid at substantially the outlet temperature and return the operating fluid to substantially the inlet temperature.