Systems and methods for cryogenic cooling
AssigneeMicrosoft Technology Licensing, LLC
InventorsLuke Thomas GREGORY, Rick Chun Kit CHEUNG
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Abstract
A computing system and related methods are described. The computing system includes a heat-generating component. The computing system includes an evaporation plate thermally connected to the heat-generating component. The computing system includes a cryogenic cooling system positioned proximate to the evaporation plate. The cryogenic cooling system is configured to release a cryogenic fluid onto the evaporation plate to cool the heat-generating component. The cryogenic fluid has a boiling point of less than 273 K.
Claims20
A computing system, comprising:
- a heat-generating component;
- an evaporation plate thermally connected to the heat-generating component;
- and
- a cryogenic cooling system positioned proximate to the evaporation plate, the cryogenic cooling system configured to release a cryogenic fluid onto the evaporation plate to cool the heat-generating component, the cryogenic fluid having a boiling point of less than 273 K.
A cryogenic cooling system, comprising:
- a cryogenic tank configured to store a cryogenic fluid having a boiling point of less than 273 K;
- an inlet pipe from the cryogenic tank to an opening in the inlet pipe, wherein an opening of the inlet pipe is configured to be located proximate to an evaporation plate thermally connected to a heat-generating component;
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- a valve connected to the inlet pipe, the valve being actuatable to release the cryogenic fluid.
A method for cooling a computing device, comprising:
- generating heat at a heat-generating component, the heat-generating component being thermally connected to an evaporation plate;
- applying a cryogenic fluid to the evaporation plate, the evaporation plate causing the cryogenic fluid to change phase to a gas, a boiling point of the cryogenic fluid being less than 273 K;
- and
- exhausting the gas of the cryogenic fluid to atmosphere.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.