Tracker Module Terminal Layout for Heat Dissipation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Tracker modules with power supply modulation circuits mounted on module laminates experience characteristic deterioration due to heat, which affects their performance.
Innovation Solution
A tracker module design that includes a module laminate with integrated circuits featuring a pre-regulator circuit, a switched-capacitor circuit, and a supply modulator, where the power supply terminal is larger than the control terminal to enhance heat dissipation and reduce characteristic deterioration caused by heat.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Area of moving object
If the power supply modulation circuit is mounted on a module laminate, then the integration density is improved, but heat dissipation deteriorates causing characteristic deterioration
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by making the power supply terminal larger than the control terminal. This creates different thermal characteristics at different locations on the integrated circuit - the larger power supply terminal provides enhanced heat dissipation capacity at the specific location where heat is generated, while the control terminal maintains its normal size for control functions. This localized structural differentiation resolves the contradiction by improving heat dissipation precisely where needed without compromising integration density.
2Temperature
If the terminal size is increased to improve heat dissipation, then the heat dissipation capability is improved, but the mounting area is consumed
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by making the power supply terminal larger than the control terminal. This creates different thermal characteristics at different locations on the integrated circuit - the larger power supply terminal provides enhanced heat dissipation capacity at the specific location where heat is generated, while the control terminal maintains its normal size for control functions. This localized structural differentiation resolves the contradiction by improving heat dissipation precisely where needed without compromising integration density.
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
The design effectively suppresses characteristic deterioration by improving heat dissipation in the integrated circuit, particularly in the pre-regulator, switched-capacitor, and supply modulator circuits, maintaining performance in a limited mounting area.
Implementation Method 1
a pre-regulator circuit that is configured to convert an input voltage into a first voltage
Implementation Method 2
a switched-capacitor circuit that is configured to generate a plurality of second voltages having a plurality of respective discrete voltage levels from the first voltage
Data Source
AI summary
A tracker module includes a module laminate, and an integrated circuit disposed on the module laminate, in which the integrated circuit includes one or more first switches included in a pre-regulator circuit, one or more second switches included in a switched-capacitor circuit, one or more third switches included in a supply modulator, a power supply terminal connected to at least one of the one or more first switches, the one or more second switches, and the one or more second switches, and a control terminal that receives a DCL signal, and in a plan view of the module laminate, the power supply terminal has a larger size than the control terminal.