News xMEMS Labs announces first all-silicon active fan-on-a-chip for mobile devices

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A leader in piezoMEMS technology has announced the first active cooling fan-on-a-chip for use in smartphones, tablets, and other ultraportable devices.

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[gg83]

These appear smaller than the air jet mini. I think this type of cooling is awesome. Eventually I wanna see the heat turned back into power. I know groups have made some progress on that.

 

[bit_user]

Can we assume it supports a range of speeds?

It'd be neat if it also turns out to be configurable for cooling specific hot spots. You could use temperature sensors embedded in the SoC to determine which spots are most in need of cooling. Perhaps this could further reduce power consumption (i.e. as opposed to just cooling the entire thing).

 

[kjfatl]

Camera sensors get noisy when they get hot. I can see using this to cool the camera in a cell phone, especially for night shots. I can also see it being used to circulate air within the case of a cell phone with no outside air source.