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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:
Sep. 19, 2000
Filed:
Feb. 16, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Chia-Pin Chiu, Chandler, AZ (US);
Nadir Sharaf, Turn Water, WA (US);
Gary Solbrekken, Chandler, AZ (US);
Correy D Cooks, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
257714 ; 257720 ; 257741 ; 257746 ; 257747 ; 257782 ; 257783 ;
Abstract
An embodiment of the invention includes an integrated circuit package having a substrate, an integrated circuit mounted to the substrate, a thermal element, and a heat pipe disposed between the integrated circuit and the thermal element. The heat pipe includes a retaining structure impregnated with a thermal grease. The heat pipe is a result of a process that includes the step of impregnating the retaining structure with a thermal grease prior to disposing the heat pipe between the integrated circuit and the thermal element.