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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2001
Chandrakant D. Patel, Fremont, CA (US);
Vernon Alan Barber, Sandpoint, ID (US);
Hannsjörg Obermaier, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Christian Belady, McKinney, TX (US);
David Mike Chastain, Frisco, TX (US);
Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A cooling arrangement facilitates the cooling of a plurality of integrated circuit elements disposed on a plurality of substrates that are substantially perpendicularly mounted on a main substrate. In an example embodiment, the cooling arrangement provides cooling for a plurality of integrated circuit elements disposed on a plurality of substrates that are substantially perpendicularly mounted on a main substrate. The cooling arrangement includes a plurality of U-shaped thermally conductive members, each having a set of leg portions connected with a top portion and an open end disposed over a respective one of the substrates. In addition, a first inner surface of at least one of the leg portions is in thermal contact with at least one of the integrated circuit elements. The cooling arrangement further includes a housing member containing therein the U-shaped members and includes a cooling plate arrangement in thermal contact with the housing and the top portions of the U-shaped members.