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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2002
Filed:
May. 20, 1997
Herman W. Chu, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Rakesh Bhatia, Austin, TX (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
The invention consists of a modular apparatus for cooling an integrated circuit chip in a compact computer. The apparatus includes a heat collector assembly operatively connected to the chip, a heat exchange assembly and a heat pipe extending from the heat collector assembly to the heat exchange assembly. The heat exchange assembly includes a primary housing, a fan at one end of the housing, and a secondary housing at the opposite end of the primary housing. The secondary housing has a plurality of fins and the primary housing as a plenum chamber between the fins and the fan. The invention also comprises a high-performance notebook computer and cooling apparatus combination which includes a pivoted outer cover and a cooling system located along the pivoting axis of the outer cover.