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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 1993
Filed:
Oct. 15, 1992
Applicant:
Inventor:
Alfred S Conte, Hollister, CA (US);
Assignee:
Sun Microsystems, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
361698 ; 16510433 ; 174 152 ; 257715 ;
Abstract
An apparatus is disclosed for cooling a multi-chip module using embedded heat pipes. Semiconductor chips are disposed into the multi-chip module through cavities in the module substrate. The semiconductor chips engage heat pipes embedded within the substrate. The heat pipes conduct heat away from the semiconductor chips through a heat conductive bonding layer.