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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2006
Applicant:
Marvin C. Espino, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventor:
Marvin C. Espino, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Power Integrations, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A thermal conduit to extract heat from an electrical component on a circuit board is disclosed. An electronic assembly according to aspects of the present invention includes an integrated circuit mounted on a circuit board and a thermal conduit having a first and a second portion. The first portion of the thermal conduit is thermally coupled to one or more electrical terminals of the integrated circuit through an opening defined in the circuit board while the second portion of the thermal conduit is thermally coupled to a first material of the circuit board.