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US 2019/0274232 A1Published application
Electronic device with a card-level thermal regulator mechanism and associated systems, devices, and methods
AssigneeMicron Technology, Inc.
InventorMark E. Tuttle
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Abstract
A semiconductor device includes a substrate; a first functional circuit attached to the substrate; a first thermal circuit attached to the substrate, configured to utilize cryogenic liquid to cool the first functional circuit; a second functional circuit attached to the substrate; and a second thermal circuit attached to the substrate, configured to cool the second functional circuit without using the cryogenic liquid.
Claims22
An electronic device, comprising:
- a substrate;
- a first functional circuit attached to the substrate;
- a first thermal circuit configured to utilize cryogenic liquid to cool the first functional circuit;
- a second functional circuit attached to the substrate;
- and
- a second thermal circuit configured to cool the second functional circuit without using the cryogenic liquid.
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A method of manufacturing an electronic device, comprising:
- providing a printed circuit board;
- attaching a first functional circuit to the printed circuit board, the first functional circuit configured to process data;
- attaching a second functional circuit to the printed circuit board, the second functional circuit configured to store data;
- thermally coupling a first thermal circuit to the first functional circuit, the first functional circuit configured to utilize cryogenic liquid to cool the first functional circuit;
- and
- thermally coupling a second thermal circuit to the second functional circuit, the second thermal circuit configured to cool the second functional circuit without using the cryogenic liquid.
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A method of manufacturing an electronic device, comprising:
- providing a printed circuit board;
- attaching a first functional circuit to the printed circuit board, the first functional circuit configured to process data;
- providing a second functional circuit including a heating element therein, wherein the second functional circuit is configured to store data;
- attaching the second functional circuit to the printed circuit board;
- and
- submerging the printed circuit board, the first functional circuit, and the second functional circuit in cryogenic liquid to cool the first functional circuit to a cryogenic temperature, wherein the heating element is configured to heat the second functional circuit to a non-cryogenic temperature.
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A method of operating an electronic device, comprising:
- processing data using a first functional circuit and a second functional circuit, wherein the first functional circuit is a logic circuit and the second functional circuit is a data storage circuit;
- managing a first operating temperature using cryogenic liquid for the first functional circuit;
- and
- managing a second operating temperature for the second functional circuit, wherein the second operating temperature is non-cryogenic.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.