Title :
Micro-channel cooling for high-energy physics particle detectors and electronics
Author :
Mapelli, A. ; Petagna, P. ; Renaud, P.
Author_Institution :
Phys. Dept., CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
fDate :
May 30 2012-June 1 2012
Abstract :
Micro-channel cooling is gaining considerable attention as an alternative technique for cooling of High-Energy Physics (HEP) detectors and Front-End (FE) electronics. This technology is being evaluated for future tracking devices, where material budget limitations are a major concern. It has been approved as the baseline for the local thermal management of the NA62 GigaTracKer (GTK) silicon pixel detector, where a micro-fabricated silicon cooling plate would stand directly in the beam. Other possible applications are also being studied in the context of detectors upgrades for the CERN Large Hadron Collider (LHC). In this paper, the current status of this R&D at CERN is presented.
Keywords :
cooling; elemental semiconductors; microfabrication; particle detectors; research and development; semiconductor counters; silicon; thermal management (packaging); CERN large hadron collider; FE electronics; GTK silicon pixel detector; HEP detectors; LHC; NA62 GigaTracKer; R&D; Si; front-end electronics; high-energy physics particle detectors; local thermal management; material budget limitations; microchannel cooling; microfabricated silicon cooling plate; tracking devices; Detectors; Heat sinks; Microfluidics; Silicon; Temperature sensors; Cooling; Front-End Electronics; High-Energy Physics; Micro-fabrication; Micro-fluidics; Particle Detectors;
Conference_Titel :
Thermal and Thermomechanical Phenomena in Electronic Systems (ITherm), 2012 13th IEEE Intersociety Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-9533-7
Electronic_ISBN :
1087-9870
DOI :
10.1109/ITHERM.2012.6231493
