Category Archives: cooling

Improving your thermal management might be as simple as adding a different heat sink

ATS maxiFLOW heat sinks provide the highest thermal performance for physical volume occupied compared to other heat sink designs.

maxiFLOW heat sinks are ideal for cooling BGA, QFP, LCC, LGA, CLCC, TSOP, DIPs and LQFP packages. Whenever higher cooling capacity is required, maxiFLOW, provided with thermal tape, can readily be used. The double-sided adhesive thermal tape facilitates the attachment of the heat sink to the device.

ATS maxiFLOW heat sinks provide the highest thermal performance for physical volume occupied compared to other heat sink designs.  maxiFLOW heat sinks are ideal for cooling BGA, QFP, LCC, LGA, CLCC, TSOP, DIPs and LQFP packages.

For fast, secure clip-on attachment, ATS provides the industry-leading maxiGRIP and superGRIP mounting systems. maxiFLOW heat sinks are available @ digikey

See how superGRIP is the fastest clip for adding a heat sink to a hot component in prototype or manufacturing
Click the image to see our video on our Youtube Channel to see how superGRIP is the fastest clip for adding a heat sink to a hot component in prototype or manufacturing

==> Improve your thermal management with maxiFLOW Heat Sinks by learning about maxiFLOW on our website.

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How Chillers Are Used in the Liquid Loop and How to Choose the Right Fluid

Chillers can be a key component in the liquid loop. They serve the function of conditioning the coolant before it heads back into the cold plate in a liquid loop. The standard refrigeration cycle of recirculating chillers is displayed below in Fig. 1.

Heat Exchanger
An example of a standard liquid cooling loop using a heat exchanger to transfer heat from the liquid to the ambient. (Advanced Thermal Solutions, Inc.)

The choice of the chiller and the fluid are an important part of the creation of the liquid loop. ATS has some resources to help engineers in this work.

First, engineers can get some help identifying the right fluid to use in their liquid loop with our article “Engineering How-To: Choosing the Right Fluid to Use with Cold Plates“. While water is the most common fluid, our article helps engineers with a specification grid on which fluid to use given different applications.

Another helpful resource for engineers is our article, “Cold Plates and Recirculating Chillers for Liquid Cooling Systems“. This article helps engineers understand the use of both cold plates and chillers deployed in the liquid loop. We also include a comparison of ATS and other industry chillers for quick reference for engineers.

But what if your new to how the liquid cooling loop works? Our 2 min. video walks engineers through. The video “What is a Cold Plate and How Does it Work” is a 2 minute video on the ATS YouTube Channel showing how the liquid loop works.

The Liquid Cooling Loop for thermal management of electronics
The liquid cooling loop and some key features of

Finally, ATS has a line or recirculating, immersion and TEC based chillers that engineers can deploy in their liquid loop to efficiently cool high power electronics. You can learn about them on our web sit here: “ATS Family of
recirculating, immersion and TEC based chillers
“.

ATS Family of Recirculating, TEC Based and Immersion Chillers
ATS Family of Recirculating, TEC Based and Immersion Chillers

Integrate More Electronics in Less Space with ATS Integration, Chassis Design and Cooling Solutions

ATS has designed custom housing and chassis for a variety of products including

  • ATCA chassis with 4.5KW cooling capability,
  • Small enclosures such set-top boxes, network interface units, industrial and autonomous vehicle systems
  • High capacity 1U and 2U chassis with integrated air jet impingement to push the air-cooling capacity of the 1U chassis to over 1.8KW.
ATS develops chassis and does systems integration for a wide variety of electronics in datacomm, telecomm, autonomous vehicles, industrial IoT and more

Integration of the cooling system, whether liquid or air, has enabled ATS clients to get their product out to the market right-the-first-time with superb thermal performance and right-cost.

dualFLOW Coolers – Airflow Video Show Airflow Pathway for Server CPU Cooling

dualFLOW coolers are used in dense systems with high-powered processors, e.g., CPUs, FPGAs and GPUs. They feature a straight fin heat sink base with a high-performance blower that pulls air across the device from two directions for enhanced cooling. ATS dualFLOW coolers provide at least 20% improvement in thermal performance compared to other CPU coolers on the market.

Click the image for a 10 second video on ATS’s YouTube channel showing how the
dualFLOW blower works

They fit standard Intel™ LGA2011 square or LGA2066 sockets, also known as Socket R. A PCB backing-plate is available for applications other socket types.


ATS PCB backing-plate is available for applications other than socket LGA Socket 2011 and LGA Socket 2066 (FPGA, GPU, etc.). Part number ATS-HK379-R0.

dualFLOW models include aluminum or copper fins, and a vapor chamber base to match with needed thermal performance or weight restrictions.

==> Learn more about dualFLOW on qats.com https://www.qats.com/eShop.aspx?q=Ultra-Cool%20High-Power%20Device%20Coolers

==> Wondering if dualFLOW is right for your application? Email our engineering team to ask: ats-hq@qats.com

Stamped heat sinks for resistors and semiconductors in TO-3s, TO-5s, TO-218s, TO-126s, TO-127s and TO-202s packages

ATS’ high quality, low cost, aluminum stamped heat sinks are ideal for cooling TO-220s and other low power packages (e.g. TO-3s, TO-5s, TO-218s, TO-126s, TO-127s and TO-202s). They feature anodized material with solderable tabs. Stamped heat sinks are attached using clips, nuts or thermal adhesive tape. The simple design and manufacturing of these heat sinks allows high volume manufacturing and reducing assembly costs.

See more at:
==> Our Stamped Heat Sink Page:

==> Download our (PDF, 5MB) Stamped Heat Sink Catalog