Apparatus for an air impingement heat sink using secondary flow generators
US5304845A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 30, 1992 |
| Grant date | Apr 19, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 30, 2012 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01L2924/0002
- WIPO fieldSemiconductors
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An apparatus is disclosed for fluid dynamically augmenting a heat sink to displace a boundary layer in the cooling fluid adjacent to the surfaces of the heat sink cooling fins. Ribs with a thickness slightly less than the thickness of the boundary layer cause secondary flow in the cooling fluid downstream from the rib in the form of vortices which displace hotter slower moving fluid by drawing in cooler fluid farther from the surface of the fins. The ribs are constructed on the surface of the cooling fins in an inverted V-shaped configuration. The angle of the ribs in the inverted V-shaped configuration is optimized to intersect the entire flow of the fluid through the heat sink forming a means for efficient dissipating heat from the heat sink over its entire surface area.
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