Making sense of thermoelectrics for processor thermal management and energy harvesting

Proceedings of the International Symposium on Low Power Electronics and Design

Volumn 2015-September, Issue , 2015, Pages 31-36

  Jayakumar, Sriram ^a   Reda, Sherief ^a  

^a Brown University   (United States)

Author keywords

Heat pumps; Heat sinks; Power demand; Resistance heating; Temperature sensors; Thermal resistance

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; DYNAMIC FREQUENCY SCALING; ENERGY HARVESTING; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; HEAT RESISTANCE; HEAT SINKS; LOW POWER ELECTRONICS; TEMPERATURE SENSORS; THERMAL VARIABLES CONTROL; THERMOELECTRICITY; VOLTAGE SCALING;

DYNAMIC FREQUENCY; DYNAMIC THERMAL MANAGEMENT; HEAT PUMPS; POWER DEMANDS; PROCESSOR BASED SYSTEMS; RESISTANCE-HEATING; THERMAL CONSTRAINTS; THERMOELECTRIC COOLING;

TEMPERATURE CONTROL;

EID: 84953247962     PISSN: 15334678     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISLPED.2015.7273486     Document Type: Conference Paper

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