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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 1999
Filed:
Apr. 05, 1995
Donald C Price, Richardson, TX (US);
Richard M Weber, Prosper, TX (US);
Gary J Schwartz, Dallas, TX (US);
Joseph McDaniel, Dallas, TX (US);
Jose' L Lage, Dallas, TX (US);
Raytheon Company, Lexington, MA (US);
Southern Methodist Univ., Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
A cold plate for use in a thermal management system and a method of thermal management which comprises an inlet channel having coolant fluid disposed therein at a substantially uniform pressure throughout the inlet channel and an outlet channel having coolant fluid disposed therein at a substantially uniform pressure lower than the pressure in the inlet channel throughout the outlet channel. The cold plate includes a highly thermally-conductive metallic porous matrix filling the fluid passage, preferably of aluminum. The porous matrix is preferably from about two percent to about 15 percent percent solid.