Patent for Keeping Microchips Cool with Printed Nano-Arrays
University Distinguished and MIE William Lincoln Smith Professor Ahmed Busnaina was awarded a patent for “Printed micro and nanostructured arrays for thermal management of electronic devices.”
Abstract Source: USPTO
Systems and methods for cooling integrated circuits and other chop-based electronic devices use plasmonic absorption and emission of near infrared (NIR) radiation. Nanostructure arrays tuned to appropriate infrared wavelengths emit NIR from a hot chip substrate to other nanostructure arrays at the chip outer package, which absorb the NIR and transmit it away from the package outer surface.
