Experimental modeling of the passive cooling limit of notebook computers

InterSociety Conference on Thermal and Thermomechanical Phenomena in Electronic Systems, ITHERM

Volumn 2002-January, Issue , 2002, Pages 15-21

  Coxe, W K ^a   Solbrekken, G L ^a   Yazawa, K ^b   Bar Cohen, A ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

^b SONY CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Batteries; Cooling; Isothermal processes; Measurement errors; Portable computers; Power dissipation; Power system management; Thermal expansion; Thermal management; Trigeneration

Indexed keywords

COOLING; COOLING SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC LOSSES; ENERGY DISSIPATION; ISOTHERMS; LAPTOP COMPUTERS; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; MICROCOMPUTERS; NATURAL CONVECTION; SOLAR CELLS; TEMPERATURE CONTROL; THERMAL VARIABLES CONTROL;

EXPERIMENTAL MODELING; EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATIONS; ISOTHERMAL PROCESS; PERFORMANCE TARGETS; PORTABLE COMPUTERS; POWER SYSTEM MANAGEMENT; THEORETICAL LIMITS; TRI-GENERATION;

THERMAL EXPANSION;

EID: 84950130109     PISSN: 19363958     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ITHERM.2002.1012433     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (8)

1. W. Nakayama, "Recent Japanese thermal Solutions for Portable Computers", Electronics Cooling, September 1998, http://www.electronics-cooling.com/Resources/EC-Articles/sep98/article1.htm.
2. th IEEE SEMI-THERM™ Symposium, Austin, TX, Jan. 28-30, 1997.
3. G. L. Solbrekken, K. Yazawa, K. C. Coxe, and A. Bar-Cohen, "Passive Cooling Limits for Unventilated Notebook Computers," Proceedings of The Pacific Rim/International, Intersociety, Electronic Packaging Technical/Business Conference & Exhibition (InterPACK), Kauai, Hawaii, July 8-13, 2001.
4. F. P. Incropera and D. P. DeWitt, Introduction to Heat transfer, John Wiley & Sons, New York, NY, 1990.
5. M. F. Modest, View Factors, Radiative Heat Transfer, McGraw-Hill Inc., New York, NY, 1993
6. M. N. Ozisik, Heat Transfer: A Basic Approach, McGraw-Hill, Inc., New York, NY, 1985.
7. A. D. Kraus, and A. Bar-Cohen, Thermal Analysis and Control of Electronic Equipment, ABC/ADK Books, St. Louis Park, MN, 1983.
8. S. W. Churchill, H. S. Chu, "Correlating Equations for Laminar and Turbulent Free Convection From a Vertical Plate", Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer, Vol. 18, pp. 1323-1329, 1975.