Title :
High Heat Flux, High Temperature Cooling of Electronics With Thermoelectric Devices
Author :
Bulman, Gary E. ; Thomas, Peter M. ; Krueger, Gunnar ; Venkatasubramanian, Ramakrishnan ; Marckx, Dallas A. ; Ratliff, Brian
Author_Institution :
RTI Int., Durham, NC, USA
Abstract :
Single couple PbTe/TAGS-85 and thin-film superlattice Bi2Te3-based thermoelectric couples operated in a downhill active cooling mode, where the cold side temperature (Tc) is above that of the heat sink (Th), are shown to be able to pump heat loads of 204 W/cm2 (Tc ~ 300°C) and 329 W/cm2 (Tc ~ 150°C), respectively, using a 25 °C heat sink temperature. Such TE devices would be useful in active cooling of wide bandgap RF electronics operating ~ 300°C and ~ 150°C, respectively.
Keywords :
bismuth compounds; heat sinks; lead compounds; pumps; superlattices; thermocouples; thermoelectric cooling; thin film sensors; Bi2Te3; PbTe; cold side temperature; downhill active cooling mode; electronics; heat flux; heat sink; pump heat; single couple thermoelectric couple; temperature 25 degC; temperature cooling; thermoelectric device; thin-film superlattice thermoelectric couple; wide bandgap RF electronics; Heat pumps; Heat sinks; Heating; Photonic band gap; Superlattices; Temperature measurement; Thermoelectricity; thermal management of electronics;
Journal_Title :
Electron Device Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LED.2014.2305622