Patent ID: 7779638
Filing Date: 2010-08-24
Classification: F25B,F25D,H01L

Abstract:
1. A microelectronic cooling apparatus comprising: a microelectronic device; and one or more thermally conductive pin(s) thermally coupled to one or more hot spot(s) of the microelectronic device to provide localized cooling; two thermoelectric cooler(s) disposed one on each side of each of the one or more thermally conductive pin(s), wherein the two thermoelectric cooler(s) are vertically connected between a heat spreader and the microelectronic device; and wherein a hot side of the two thermoelectric cooler(s) is thermally coupled to the heat spreader and a cold side of the two thermoelectric cooler(s) is thermally coupled to the one or more thermally conductive pin(s).