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Heat sink

US7509997B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 18, 2006
Grant dateMar 31, 2009
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Expiry dateAug 18, 2026

Classification

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

Abstract

A heat sink includes a first array of fins defining a plurality of first channels therebetween, a second array of fins disposed at opposite sides of the first array of fins, and a plurality of grooves extending through the first array of fins and the second array of fins. The second array of fins defines a plurality of second channels therebetween. The grooves are intersected with the first channels and the second channels. A bottom extremity of each groove has a curved shape facing upwardly and laterally. A portion of an airflow generated by a fan mounted on a top of the heat sink flows laterally and downwardly through the grooves to leave the heat sink.

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