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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 1999
Filed:
Jul. 13, 1998
Vivek Amir Jairazbhoy, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Michael George Todd, South Lyon, MI (US);
Prathap Amerwai Reddy, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
There is disclosed herein a printed circuit board, one embodiment of which comprises: a dielectric substrate 10; a solid metallic heat sink 16 attached to or embedded within the substrate; a cavity 18 formed generally in the substrate, wherein at least one wall 20 of the cavity is defined by a surface 17 of the heat sink 16; a component mounting pad 14 disposed on the substrate proximate the cavity; a predetermined volume of electrically insulative liquid 22 contained within the cavity; and a thermally conductive member 24 embedded within the substrate, the member 24 being in direct thermal contact with each of the mounting pad 14 and the liquid 22.