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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2020
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Jonathan W. Thibado, Beaverton, OR (US);
John C. Gulick, Portland, OR (US);
Emery E. Frey, Portland, OR (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus is described. The apparatus includes a printed circuit board (PCB), a heating element and a layer of material that is physically integrated with a surface of the PCB. The layer of material is to apply an expansive or contractive force to a surface of the PCB in response to being warmed by heat generated by the heating element. The expansive or contractive force is to cause the first surface to expand with a first coefficient of thermal expansion that is closer to a second coefficient of thermal expansion of an opposite surface of the PCB than the surface's coefficient of thermal expansion without the expansive or contractive force.