Optimized chip cooling infrastructure
OwnerEric C. PETERSON, Husam Atallah ALISSA +1inventors
InventorsEric C. PETERSON, Husam Atallah ALISSA, Sean Patrick ABBOTT
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Abstract
A cold plate assembly for cooling a computing device includes a first cooling structure and a second cooling structure. The first cooling structure is configured to provide cooling from a flow of first coolant to a first temperature section of the computing device. The second cooling structure is connected to the first cooling structure and is configured to provide cooling from a flow of second coolant to a second temperature section of the computing device. The second temperature section has a lower temperature threshold than the first temperature section. The cold plate assembly includes a thermal barrier between the first cooling structure and the second cooling structure.
Claims22
A method of cooling a computing device, comprising:
- cooling a first coolant with a first facility cooling device;
- flowing the cooled first coolant to a first cooling structure of a cold plate assembly;
- cooling a second coolant with a second facility cooling device;
- and
- flowing the cooled second coolant to a second cooling structure of the cold plate assembly connected to the first cooling structure.
A method of cooling a computing device, comprising:
- cooling a first coolant loop with a facility cooling device;
- flowing the cooled first coolant to a first cooling structure of a cold plate assembly;
- cooling a second coolant with a return of the first coolant;
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- flowing the cooled second coolant to a second cooling structure of the cold plate assembly connected to the first cooling structure.
A method of cooling a computing device, comprising:
- cooling a supply coolant with a facility cooling device;
- flowing the cooled supply coolant to a cold inlet of a cold cooling structure of a cold plate assembly;
- flowing an intermediate coolant from a cold outlet of the cold cooling structure to a warm inlet of a warm cooling structure of the cold plate assembly connected to the cold cooling structure;
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- flowing a return coolant from a warm outlet of the warm cooling structure to the facility cooling device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.