Hewlett-packard Company

Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p.

Vernon Alan Barber

Chandrakant D Patel

Hannsj&ouml;rg Obermaier

Christian Laszlo Belady

David M Chastain

An apparatus for cooling electronic components contained within a housing member is configured to be easily removed from the housing member. In one example embodiment, an apparatus for cooling an electronic component is coupled to a housing that contains an electronic component. The apparatus includes a heat conductive member having a first lateral edge shaped to slidably attach and retain the heat conductive member to a portion of the housing. A top surface of the housing includes a second edge shaped to slidably receive and retain the heat conductive member.

Cooling plate arrangement for electronic components

A multi-chip module (MCM) having a substrate including a first surface, a second surface and a multi-layer interconnection arrangement disposed between the two surfaces. A high-density thin-film circuit region is provided on the substrate first surface to interconnect a plurality of integrated circuit chips and the multi-layer interconnection arrangement. The integrated circuit chips are powered through the high-density thin-film circuit region, which receives power from the multi-layer interconnection arrangement. A plurality of discrete on-board voltage converter devices, mounted on at least one substrate surface, provide uniform power supply distribution to multi-layer interconnection arrangement power planes, converting an MCM input voltage and current to a relatively lower output voltage and a relatively higher output current. On-board voltage conversion permits the MCM to receive power at higher voltages than is supported by the high-density thin-film circuit region, decreasing MCM input current magnitudes and reducing noise and energy losses. The voltage converters are discrete components. Electrically-isolated MCM power regions isolate power and ground noise.

Power distribution in multi-chip modules

A cooling arrangement facilitates the cooling of a plurality of integrated circuit elements disposed on a plurality of substrates that are substantially perpendicularly mounted on a main substrate. In an example embodiment, the cooling arrangement provides cooling for a plurality of integrated circuit elements disposed on a plurality of substrates that are substantially perpendicularly mounted on a main substrate. The cooling arrangement includes a plurality of U-shaped thermally conductive members, each having a set of leg portions connected with a top portion and an open end disposed over a respective one of the substrates. In addition, a first inner surface of at least one of the leg portions is in thermal contact with at least one of the integrated circuit elements. The cooling arrangement further includes a housing member containing therein the U-shaped members and includes a cooling plate arrangement in thermal contact with the housing and the top portions of the U-shaped members.

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Sandpoint, ID, United States of America

Vernon Alan Barber