Microscale liquid impingement cooling

Lian Zhang, Evelyn N. Wang, Jon D. Koch, Jonathan T.C. Liu, Jae Mo Koo, Linan Jiang, Kenneth E. Goodson, Juan G. Santiago, Thomas W. Kenny

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5 Scopus citations

Abstract

Impingement cooling is an attractive method for individual IC cooling because of the uniformity and high values of the expected heat transfer coefficient. This paper presents spatially-averaged temperature measurements for DI water impingement from single micro jets with diameters smaller than 50 μm. The jets are circular orifices plasma etched into silicon. A heater chip is fabricated to simulate a high power IC while simultaneously measuring the temperature distribution around the impingement region. A hydrodynamic model is proposed for determining the pressure drop associated with jet formation. With a single 50 μm diameter DI water jet at 3.5 ml/min flow rate, up to 45 W/cm 2 heat flux has been removed with 80°C chip temperature rise. This research provides the first study of microscale liquid impingement cooling down to 14 μm diameter jets.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationMicro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) - 2001
EditorsA.L. Lee, J. Simon, K. Breuer, S. Chen, R.S. Keynton, A. Malshe, J.-I. Mou, M. Dunn
Pages135-140
Number of pages6
StatePublished - 2001
Externally publishedYes
Event2001 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition - New York, NY, United States
Duration: Nov 11 2001Nov 16 2001

Publication series

NameAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers, Micro-Electromechanical Systems Division Publication (MEMS)
Volume3

Other

Other2001 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityNew York, NY
Period11/11/0111/16/01

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Engineering

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