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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2005
Bruno Michel, Adliswil, CH;
Thomas J. Brunschwiler, Thalwil, CH;
Hugo E. Rothuizen, Adliswil, CH;
Urs Kloter, Dietikon, CH;
Bruno Michel, Adliswil, CH;
Thomas J. Brunschwiler, Thalwil, CH;
Hugo E. Rothuizen, Adliswil, CH;
Urs Kloter, Dietikon, CH;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a thermal interface with a first and a second face that are in contact to each other by a thermal conducting material. A first face includes grooves that are at least partly filled with the thermal conducting material, wherein at least two types of grooves are arranged, namely first grooves having a larger width than second grooves. The first face comprises an array with protrusions that are confined by the second grooves, the array being divided by the first grooves into sub-arrays.