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System for dissipating heat energy generated by an electronic component and sealed enclosure used in a system of this kind

US5508884A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 1, 1995
Grant dateApr 16, 1996
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Expiry dateJun 1, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01L2924/3025
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

System for dissipating heat energy generated by an electronic component and sealed enclosure used in a system of this kind. The system for dissipating heat of the invention is of the type comprising a sealed metal enclosure (21) the interior volume of which contains a fluid (22), said component (11) being fixed to the outside wall of said enclosure (21) and connected to a heat dissipator (12) by said enclosure (21) and is characterized in that the phase change temperature of the fluid (22) at atmospheric pressure is less than a given maximum ambient temperature and in that said enclosure (21) also contains a volume of gas (23) different from the fluid (22) so that variation in the ambient temperature causes a variation in the pressure inside the enclosure (21) which modifies the phase change temperature of the fluid (22).

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