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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2009
Roger R Schmidt, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Jyunji Takayoshi, Yokohama, JP;
Takeshi Tsukamoto, Yokohama, JP;
Masayoshi Funatsu, Tokyo, JP;
Minoru Onai, Tokyo, JP;
Masaaki Imai, Hyogo, JP;
Yoshinori Inoue, Hyogo, JP;
Roger R Schmidt, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Jyunji Takayoshi, Yokohama, JP;
Takeshi Tsukamoto, Yokohama, JP;
Masayoshi Funatsu, Tokyo, JP;
Minoru Onai, Tokyo, JP;
Masaaki Imai, Hyogo, JP;
Yoshinori Inoue, Hyogo, JP;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A cooling apparatus and method are provided for facilitating cooling of an electronic apparatus that includes a semiconductor element. The cooling apparatus includes an evaporator containing a coolant and evaporating the coolant under a reduced pressure lower than an ambient pressure to generate a chilled coolant, a condenser regenerating the coolant from a vapor of the coolant and being fluid-communicated with the evaporator through a bypass line, and a circulating pump and a line supplying the chilled coolant to a heat exchange area of the electronic apparatus to conduct a heat exchange with an air flow passing though the semiconductor element at a hot side of the electronic apparatus and returning the coolant after the heat exchange to the condenser.