High frequency, and high power, radar and communications systems rely on high power amplifiers (HPAs) to increase signal strength immediately before it reaches the antenna. The heat generated in these devices quickly outpaces the heat removal capabilities of air-cooled architectures. Therefore, a variety of novel cooling approaches are needed to meet the needs for such high-power electronics. In this talk, we consider two methods - radiative cooling and two-phase cooling - with the potential to provide additional cooling power needed to achieve such goals, and also provide specific modeling and experimental results to quantify the performance improvements associated with this strategy.
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