Jumping Droplets Extinguish Unpredictable Hotspots in Electronics
Tuesday, April 4, 2017 - 14:32
in Physics & Chemistry
The performance of electronic devices is constrained by their inability to evenly dissipate the waste heat they produce. Since the waste heat isn't uniformly distributed, hotspots are all too prevalent in electronics. While a few options for hotspot cooling exist, they don't work well for mobile hotspots, which move according to ever-changing computing tasks or power-amplification demands. In this week's Applied Physics Letters, researchers report a "jumping droplet" technique designed specifically to address mobile hotspots.