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Granted Patent B2
US 12,494,408 · App. 17/455,949 · Granted Dec 9, 2025

Double patterned microcooler having alternating fin widths

Inventors: Fee Li Lie (Albany, NY); Sagarika Mukesh (Albany, NY); Devika Sarkar Grant (Rensselaer, NY); Hosadurga Shobha (Niskayuna, NY); Thamarai Selvi Devarajan (Niskayuna, NY); Kamal K. Sikka (Poughkeepsie, NY)
Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
H01L23/3672H01L21/4882H01L23/3735H01L23/473
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Patent No.
US 12,494,408
App. No.
17/455,949
Granted
Dec 9, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A microcooler device and formation thereof. The microcooler device includes: a first set of fins having a first fin width; a second set of fins having a second fin width, wherein the first set of fins alternate between the second set of fins; and a set of channels located between the first set of fins and the second set of fins.

Claims (28)

1 . A microcooler device, comprising:

a first set of fins having a first fin width;

a second set of fins having a second fin width, wherein the first set of fins alternate between the second set of fins;

a metal spacer formed along a portion of sidewalls of each fin in the second set of fins; and

a set of channels located between the first set of fins and the second set of fins, and entirely above the metal spacer,

wherein a spacer width of the metal spacer is equal to a channel width of the set of channels.

2 . The microcooler device of claim 1 , wherein the metal spacer separates the first set of fins from the second set of fins.

3 . The microcooler device of claim 1 , wherein the first set of fins and the second set of fins are copper.

4 . The microcooler device of claim 1 , wherein the first set of fins are copper, and the second set of fins are an alternative to copper.

5 . The microcooler device of claim 1 , wherein the metal spacer is an alterative to copper.

6 . The microcooler device of claim 1 , wherein the metal spacer is aluminum or nickel.

7 . The microcooler device of claim 1 , wherein the channel width of the set of channels is less than the first fin width of the first set of fins, and greater than the second fin width of the second set of fins.

8 . The microcooler device of claim 1 , wherein the channel width of the set of channels located between the first set of fins and the second set of fins is 100 micrometers.

9 . The microcooler device of claim 1 , wherein:

the first fin width of the first set of fins is ≥150 micrometers and ≤200 micrometers; and

the second fin width of the second set of fins is 50 micrometers.

10 . A method of forming a microcooler, comprising:

forming a first set of fins having a first fin width and a first set of channels located between the first set of fins; and

forming a second set of fins having a second fin width that alternate between the first set of fins, wherein forming the second set of fins includes:

forming metal spacers along sidewalls of the first set of fins;

forming a metal fill layer in the first set of channels; and

removing a top portion of the metal spacers.

11 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the first set of fins and the first set of channels are formed from a metal substrate via micromachining.

12 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the metal spacers are formed via electroplating.

13 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the metal spacers are aluminum or nickel.

14 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the metal fill layer is copper.

15 . The method of claim 10 , wherein removing the top portion of the metal spacers further results in a second set of channels located between the first set of fins and the second set of fins, and entirely above the metal spacers.

16 . The method of claim 15 , wherein the second set of channels located between the first set of fins and the second set of fins, and entirely above the metal spacers have a channel width that is narrower than a channel width of the first set of channels initially formed between the first set of fins.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 22, 2021
From: LIE, FEE LI; MUKESH, SAGARIKA; GRANT, DEVIKA SARKAR; SHOBHA, HOSADURGA; DEVARAJAN, THAMARAI SELVI; SIKKA, KAMAL K.
To: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
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