Microelectronic cooling apparatus and associated method

An apparatus and associated method to provide localized cooling to a microelectronic device are generally described. In this regard, according to one example embodiment, a cooling apparatus comprising a heat spreader and one or more thermoelectric cooler(s) thermally coupled to the heat spreader pro...

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Hauptverfasser: Sauciuc, Ioan, Chrysler, Gregory M
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:An apparatus and associated method to provide localized cooling to a microelectronic device are generally described. In this regard, according to one example embodiment, a cooling apparatus comprising a heat spreader and one or more thermoelectric cooler(s) thermally coupled to the heat spreader provides cooling to one or more hot spot(s) of a microelectronic device, the one or more thermoelectric cooler(s) having a single heat exchanging element of a single material.