Cryogenic Platform
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional cryogenic platforms require multiple separate cryocoolers to maintain different operating temperatures for electronic devices, leading to inefficiency and high costs, as they can only set a single temperature at the lowest stage, limiting their application.
Innovation Solution
A cryogenic platform with a single cryocooler that utilizes two temperature stages, where each stage is independently controlled, allowing multiple devices with different operating temperatures to be cooled within a single platform, enhancing efficiency and reducing costs.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If multiple separate cryocoolers are used to maintain different operating temperatures for electronic devices, then each device can be cooled to its required temperature, but the system becomes inefficient and expensive
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple cryocooling functions into a single integrated cryocooler system that can simultaneously provide different temperatures to multiple electronic devices through a shared cooling mechanism, thereby reducing the total number of cryocoolers needed while maintaining reliable temperature control for each device
Solution Approach 2:
The single cryocooler is designed with multi-functionality to serve multiple electronic devices with different temperature requirements, allowing one device to perform the roles of multiple separate cryocoolers by adjusting and maintaining different temperatures at different locations within the system
2Productivity
If a single cryocooler is used to cool multiple devices with different temperature requirements, then efficiency increases and costs reduce, but the ability to maintain different temperatures simultaneously is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The cryocooler system is segmented into multiple temperature stages or zones, where each stage can be independently controlled to provide different temperatures to different electronic devices, allowing the single cryocooler to maintain multiple distinct temperature levels simultaneously
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a spatial dimension to temperature control by creating multiple temperature stages at different locations within the cryocooler system, allowing simultaneous maintenance of different temperatures through spatial distribution rather than requiring separate cryocoolers for each temperature level
3Reliability
If multiple separate cryogenic platforms are deployed to accommodate various operating temperatures, then each device operates at its target temperature, but the overall system cost and resource consumption increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple cryogenic platforms into a single integrated platform that can accommodate multiple electronic devices with different temperature requirements, consolidating energy consumption and resource usage while maintaining accurate operating temperatures for each device through the multi-stage cooling system
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables the simultaneous operation of multiple electronic devices with different temperature requirements using a single cryocooler, increasing efficiency and reducing the need for multiple platforms, thereby expanding applications and lowering costs.
Implementation Method 1
A cryocooler is a standard mechanical refrigeration platform where any type of electronic device may be cooled down, provided it functions at temperatures equal to or less than 120K. Cryocoolers are categorized according to the principle of operation that is utilized during the cooling process to achieve a temperature of equal to or less than 120K. A cryogenic fluid is compressed, precooled in a heat exchanger, and expanded to achieve a target temperature.
Implementation Method 2
A cryogenic fluid is compressed, precooled in a heat exchanger, and expanded to achieve a target temperature.
Data Source
AI summary
A cryogenic platform includes a motor, a computer processor, and a vacuum chamber with a high temperature stage and a low temperature stage. The motor is attached to a cryocooler. The computer processor is connected via one or more connections through one or more feedthrough ports to one or more electronic devices. The vacuum chamber encloses the high temperature stage and the low temperature stage, where the high temperature stage and low temperature stage are attached to the motor via a temperature stage attachment.