The Boeing Company

John R Scott

Eric S Mindock

An apparatus and method for cooling electronics is disclosed. An encapsulated inert non-conductive fluid is used to transfer heat directly from an electrical circuit including a die on a substrate to an external heatsink. The top of a flip chip die (e.g. a ceramic column grid array flip chip) may be enclosed with a metallic cover. The metallic cover is sealed to an outer frame, which in turn is sealed to metallization on the top of the flip chip through a flexure, minimizing mechanical load imparted to the flip chip. This forms a hermetic cavity enclosing the die. This hermetic cavity is partially filled with an inert non conductive fluid, which vaporizes when heated. Condensation occurs on the inner surface of the metal cover where the heat may be conducted into the outer frame for removal (e.g. rejection from the spacecraft).

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Torrance, CA, United States of America

John R Scott