Cisco Technology, Inc.

Arjun Jayaprakash Guzar

Rohit Dev Gupta

Tilak Gaitonde

Techniques are provided herein for dynamic pressure control of a heat sink. In one example embodiment, an apparatus includes a Ball Grid Array (BGA) device, a heat sink thermally coupled to the BGA device, and a pressure control assembly configured to dynamically control a pressure of the heat sink on the BGA device based on a temperature associated with the BGA device. The pressure control assembly includes a Shape Memory Alloy (SMA) washer configured to apply a first amount of the pressure when the SMA washer is in a first state, and a second amount of the pressure when the SMA washer is in a second state.

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Bengaluru, India

Arjun Jayaprakash Guzar