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Integrated active cooling device for board mounted electric components

US6263957A · kind A · utility

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24Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJan 13, 2000
Grant dateJul 24, 2001
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Expiry dateJan 13, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01L2924/0002
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An integrated cooling device for use in cooling an electronic component or an integrated circuit and a method of manufacturing the same. In one embodiment, the device includes: (1) a plate couplable to and supportable by the electronic component, the plate having at least one channel therein, (2) a closed-circuit circulation pipe having a heat-receiving portion disposed in the at least one channel to place the heat-receiving portion in thermal communication with the plate, the circulation pipe further having a heat-removing portion distal from the heat receiving portion, (3) a coolant located within the circulation pipe and (4) a pump coupled to the circulation pipe, supported by the plate and operable to cause the coolant to circulate through the circulation pipe.

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