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In-Chip Microfluidic Cooling Integrated on GaN Power IC Reaching High Power Density of 78 kW/l

Van Erp, Remco  
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Perera, Nirmana  
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Nela, Luca  
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August 1, 2024
IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

The lateral structure of gallium nitride (GaN) semiconductors enables monolithic integration of logic and power devices, which offers promise to miniaturize bulky converters into a compact package. However, the concentrated heat that arises from this dense integration can locally exceed 1 kW/cm2, which surpasses the limit of current thermal management technologies. In this article, we demonstrate the potential of integrating inchip microfluidic cooling directly on GaN power integrated circuits (ICs), together with additively manufactured packaging, to provide efficient thermal management, and achieve ultrahigh-power densities. A prototype power module and a 0.44 kW 48 V-24 V dc-dc converter were realized in a compact 32nd brick form factor to demonstrate its potential. Our results show a 14-fold reduction in thermal resistance and a fourfold increase in the total output power compared to heat-sink and fan cooling. An outstanding 78 kW/l was achieved, together with an increase in power conversion efficiency, surpassing 95%. By removing thermal limitations from power IC design, and enabling highly integrated topologies combined in a single liquidcooled chip, this work paves the way for more efficient and highly compact power conversion in the future to support the electrification of our society.

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DOI
10.1109/TPEL.2024.3396508
Scopus ID

2-s2.0-85192990494

Author(s)
Van Erp, Remco  

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Perera, Nirmana  

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Nela, Luca  

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Osama Elhagali, Ibrahim  

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Zhu, Hongkeng  

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Matioli, Elison  

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Date Issued

2024-08-01

Published in
IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics
Volume

39

Issue

8

Start page

9717

End page

9723

Subjects

Gallium nitride (GaN) dc-dc converter

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in-chip cooling

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power density

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power integrated circuit (IC)

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thermal management

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