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Amplified Thermionic Cooling Using Arrays of Nanowires

TBMG-2194

09/01/2007

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A class of proposed thermionic cooling devices would incorporate precise arrays of metal nanowires as electron emitters. The proposed devices could be highly miniaturized, enabling removal of heat from locations, very close to electronic devices, that have previously been inaccessible for heat-removal purposes. The resulting enhancement of removal of heat would enable operation of the devices at higher power levels and higher clock speeds. Moreover, the mass, complexity, and bulk of electronic circuitry incorporating these highly miniaturized cooling devices could be considerably reduced, relative to otherwise equivalent circuitry cooled by conventional electromechanical, thermoelectric, and fluidic means.

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"Amplified Thermionic Cooling Using Arrays of Nanowires," Mobility Engineering, September 1, 2007.
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Sep 1, 2007
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TBMG-2194
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English