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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2008
Sinan Alousi, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Daniel Anav, San Jose, CA (US);
Joseph D. Griffin, Lake Oswego, OR (US);
Ali Mira, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Michael Mira, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Henry Schrader, Mountain View, CA (US);
Sinan Alousi, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Daniel Anav, San Jose, CA (US);
Joseph D. Griffin, Lake Oswego, OR (US);
Ali Mira, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Michael Mira, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Henry Schrader, Mountain View, CA (US);
Alcatel Lucent, Paris, FR;
Abstract
A modular heat sink assembly is disclosed. The heat sink assembly includes a main (larger) heat sink member having one or more voids through the member. The heat sink assembly also includes one or more additional (smaller) heat sink members that fit within the voids of the main heat sink member and are able to move (float) within the voids while thermally connected to main heat sink member. The thermal connection to the main heat sink member may be accomplished by incorporating heat pipes as a bridge between the heat sink members, so that heat spreading, and regulation thereof, occurs over the additional heat sink members and the main heat sink member.