Method for improving heat dissipation in optical transmitter
US6773532B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 27, 2002 |
| Grant date | Aug 10, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 18, 2022 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T156/1089
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method of positioning a heat generating component on a header to enhance heat sinking characteristics includes positioning the header on a first pedestal, wherein the first pedestal and the header are bounded by an air trench having a vertical surface, and positioning the heat generating component only in areas on the header having an associated heat dissipation conical region extending from the heat generating component downward through the first pedestal at an angle that satisfies Fourier's Law of Heat Conduction, wherein the conical region does not intersect the vertical surface of the air trench.
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