Title :
Convection cooling of microelectronic chips
Author :
Konecni, Snezana ; Wang, Xuqun ; Magnusson, R. ; Haji-Sheikh, A.
Author_Institution :
Texas Univ., Arlington, TX, USA
Abstract :
Mixed natural/forced convective heat transfer in a channel with heating elements is reported. Three microelectronic chps provided the heating surfaces. An experimental study was performed to determine the influence of the Reynolds number and Grashof number on the Nusselt number. Real-time holographic interferometry with an optical crystal as the storage medium was used to visualize heat transfer from microelectronic chips. The results show that the influence of natural convection is usually negligible, even for small Reynolds numbers
Keywords :
channel flow; convection; cooling; holographic interferometry; packaging; Grashof number; Nusselt number; Reynolds number; convective heat transfer; experimental study; forced convection cooling; heat transfer visualisation; heating elements; holographic interferometry; microelectronic chips; natural convection; optical crystal storage medium; Cooling; Heat engines; Heat transfer; Holographic optical components; Holography; Microelectronics; Optical interferometry; Printed circuits; Temperature; Thermal conductivity;
Conference_Titel :
Thermal Phenomena in Electronic Systems, 1992. I-THERM III, InterSociety Conference on
Conference_Location :
Austin, TX
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0503-5
DOI :
10.1109/ITHERM.1992.187752
