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ISSO Y2005 Annual Report | Contents Development of Micro Column Arrays (MCA) for Thermal Management
Applications • 15-18 Abstract--Micro Column Arrays (MCA) have been formed on thin metal foils and semiconductor materials. The formation process is being refined to produce MCA structures tailored for different applications. As a part of the optimization, Finite Element Method (FEM) simulations of MCA structures have been used to study the influence of the MCA geometry on the resulting heat loss. FEM modeling indicates that micro column arrays are very effective heat reducers compared to smooth metal surfaces. This finding has been experimentally verified by comparing the temperature of MCA-structured and identical non-structured metals under resistive heating. |
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