Thermal transfer device and system and method incorporating same
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
F25B-021/02
F25B-021/00
H01L-035/28
출원번호
UP-0925396
(2007-10-26)
등록번호
US-7805950
(2010-10-26)
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/ 주소
Weaver, Jr., Stanton Earl
출원인 / 주소
General Electric Company
대리인 / 주소
Fletcher Yoder
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A thermal transfer device having a first substrate layer, a second substrate layer and first and second electrodes disposed between the first substrate layer and the second substrate layer. The thermal transfer device also includes a release layer disposed between the first electrode and the second
A thermal transfer device having a first substrate layer, a second substrate layer and first and second electrodes disposed between the first substrate layer and the second substrate layer. The thermal transfer device also includes a release layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode and an actuator disposed adjacent the first and second electrodes. The actuator is adapted to separate the first and second electrodes from the release layer to open a thermotunneling gap between the first and second electrodes, and wherein the actuator is adapted to actively control the thermotunneling gap.
대표청구항▼
The invention claimed is: 1. A method of operating a thermal device comprising: releasing first and second electrodes from a fixed state to a released state to open a thermotunneling gap between the first electrode and the second electrode; passing hot electrons across the thermotunneling gap to tr
The invention claimed is: 1. A method of operating a thermal device comprising: releasing first and second electrodes from a fixed state to a released state to open a thermotunneling gap between the first electrode and the second electrode; passing hot electrons across the thermotunneling gap to transfer heat between the first and second electrodes; and actively controlling the thermotunneling gap by adjusting a spacing and an angular orientation between the first and second electrodes. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein passing hot electrons comprises cooling a first member in thermal communication with the first electrode. 3. The method of claim 1, wherein passing hot electrons comprises heating a second member in thermal communication with the second electrode. 4. The method of claim 1, wherein actively controlling comprises positionally adjusting the first electrode, the second electrode, or both, on different sides of the thermotunneling gap. 5. The method of claim 4, wherein positionally adjusting comprises engaging a plurality of actuators disposed on the different sides. 6. The method of claim 1, wherein releasing the first and second electrodes comprises adjusting a position of the first electrode, the second electrode, or both, by passing an input current through a plurality of actuators. 7. The method of claim 1, wherein actively controlling comprises adjusting a position of the first electrode, the second electrode, or both, based upon a measured thermotunneling current between the first electrode and the second electrode. 8. The method of claim 1, wherein releasing comprises actuating an actuator to separate the first and second electrodes by severing a release layer from the fixed state that holds the first and second electrodes to the released state that does not hold the first and second electrodes. 9. A method of operating a thermal transfer device comprising: releasing first and second electrodes from a release layer to open a thermotunneling gap between the first and second electrodes; passing hot electrons across the thermotunneling gap to transfer heat between the first and second electrodes; and actively controlling the thermotunneling gap. 10. The method of claim 9, wherein passing hot electrons comprises cooling a first member in thermal communication with the first electrode, or heating a second member in thermal communication with the second electrode. 11. The method of claim 9, comprising transferring heat between the first electrode, the second electrode, or both, and a plurality of thermal vias extending through a thermally insulating layer. 12. The method of claim 9, wherein actively controlling comprises actively adjusting heat transfer efficiency of the thermotunneling gap. 13. The method of claim 9, wherein releasing the first and second electrodes comprises adjusting a position of the first electrode, the second electrode, or both, by passing an input current through the actuators. 14. The method of claim 9, wherein actively controlling comprises measuring a thermotunneling current between the first electrode and the second electrode, and adjusting a position of the first electrode, the second electrode, or both, based upon a measured thermotunneling current between the first electrode and the second electrode. 15. The method of claim 9, wherein releasing comprises actuating an actuator to break the release layer holding the first and second electrodes together, and actively controlling comprises adjusting the actuator to control the thermotunneling gap. 16. A method of operating a thermotunnelling device comprising: actuating movement of one or more components of the thermotunneling device comprising first and second electrodes coupled together via a release layer; and releasing the first and second electrodes from the release layer via the movement to open a thermotunneling gap between the first and second electrodes. 17. The method of claim 16, wherein actuating movement of one or more components comprises actuating movement above or below the first and second electrodes. 18. The method of claim 17, wherein actuating movement above or below the first and second electrodes comprises releasing the first and second electrodes from the release layer and actively controlling the thermotunneling gap. 19. The method of claim 16, wherein actuating movement of one or more components comprises independently actuating movement at opposite lateral sides of the first and second electrodes. 20. The method of claim 19, wherein independently actuating movement at opposite lateral sides comprises releasing the first and second electrodes from the release layer and actively controlling the spacing and angular orientation of the thermotunneling gap. 21. The method of claim 16, wherein releasing the first and second electrodes comprises adjusting a position of the first electrode, the second electrode, or both, by passing an input current through one or more actuators. 22. The method of claim 16, wherein actively controlling comprises measuring a thermotunneling current between the first electrode and the second electrode, and adjusting a position of the first electrode, the second electrode, or both, based upon a measured thermotunneling current between the first electrode and the second electrode, or a combination thereof. 23. The method of claim 16, comprising passing hot electrons across the thermotunneling gap to cool a first member in thermal communication with the first electrode, or heat a second member in thermal communication with the second electrode, or a combination thereof. 24. The method of claim 16, comprising transferring heat between the first electrode, the second electrode, or both, and a plurality of thermal vias extending through a thermally insulating layer. 25. The method of claim 16, comprising actively controlling the thermotunneling gap by adjusting a spacing and an angular orientation between the first and second electrodes.
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