Adaptive Cooling of Integrated Circuits Using Digital Microfluidics

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In this book, we introduce alternative cooling architectures based upon a recently invented “digital microfluidic” platform. This novel digital fluid handling platform uses a phenomenon known as electrowetting, and allows for a vast array of discrete droplets of liquid, ranging from microliters to nanoliters to potentially picoliters, to be independently moved along a substrate. While this technology was originally developed for a biological and chemical lab-on-a-chip, we have adapted it to be used as a fully reconfigurable, adaptive cooling platform.