Apparatus and method for cooling lasers using insulator fluid
OwnerGemunu S. Happawana, Arye Rosen +2inventors
InventorsGemunu S. Happawana, Arye Rosen, Walter M. Janton, Gary A. Evans
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Abstract
A semiconductor device system includes a chamber, one or more semiconductor devices disposed within the chamber and operable to emit light, and an insulator fluid disposed within the chamber. The insulator fluid may be in contact with the semiconductor devices and operable to decrease the temperature of the semiconductor devices. The insulator fluid may comprise deionized water.
Claims23
A semiconductor device system, comprising:
- a chamber;
- one or more semiconductor devices disposed within the chamber, the one or more semiconductor devices operable to emit light;
- and
- an insulator fluid disposed within the chamber, the insulator fluid in contact with the one or more semiconductor devices, the insulator fluid operable to decrease the temperature of the one or more semiconductor devices.
A method of cooling a semiconductor device system having a chamber, comprising:
- emitting light from one or more semiconductor devices disposed within a chamber;
- and
- circulating an insulator fluid through the chamber, the insulator fluid in direct contact with the one or more semiconductor devices, the insulator fluid operable to decrease the temperature of the one or more semiconductor devices.
A system for cooling a semiconductor device system having a chamber, comprising:
- a means for emitting light from one or more semiconductor devices disposed within a chamber;
- and
- a means for circulating an insulator fluid through the chamber, the insulator fluid in direct contact with the one or more semiconductor devices, the insulator fluid operable to decrease the temperature of the one or more semiconductor devices.
A semiconductor device system, comprising:
- a chamber comprising:
- a first flexible conduit;
- and
- a second flexible conduit disposed within the first flexible conduit;
- one or more semiconductor devices disposed within the chamber, the one or more semiconductor devices operable to emit light;
- an insulator fluid in contact with the one or more semiconductor devices, the insulator fluid operable to decrease the temperature of the one or more semiconductor devices, the insulator fluid comprising deionized water, the insulator fluid operable to enter the chamber through a flexible conduit of the first and second flexible conduits and to leave the chamber through the other flexible conduit of the first and second flexible conduits;
- one or more focusing elements, a focusing element comprising a surface operable to:
- change shape in response to a pressure change in the insulator fluid;
- and
- focus the light emitted from a semiconductor device of the one or more semiconductor devices;
- a cover insertable into a passage, the chamber disposed within the cover;
- a heating element disposed within the chamber, the heating element operable to increase the temperature of an area disposed outwardly from the chamber;
- an oxygen detector disposed within the chamber, the oxygen detector operable to detect oxygen in an area disposed outwardly from the chamber;
- a substrate disposed within the chamber;
- one or more submounts coupled to a surface of the substrate, a semiconductor device of the one or more semiconductor devices coupled to a submount of the one or more of submounts;
- and
- a light scattering element, the light scattering element operable to scatter light emitted from the semiconductor device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.