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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2013
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Unnikrishnan Vadakkanmaruveedu, San Diego, CA (US);
Mulugeta K. Berhe, San Diego, CA (US);
Vinay Mitter, San Diego, CA (US);
Ankur Jain, San Diego, CA (US);
Paras S. Doshi, San Diego, CA (US);
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for managing heat generated by at least one electronic component of a mobile device, the apparatus comprising: a housing for containing the electronic component of the mobile device; and a vapor chamber arranged in the housing, the vapor chamber having a cavity defined by a front wall and a rear wall opposite the rear wall, the front wall for receiving heat generated by the electronic component of the mobile device to evaporate fluid in the cavity into a vapor, the rear wall for receiving the vapor to allow the vapor to condense to liquid thereby cooling the rear wall of the vapor chamber; wherein an outer surface of the housing comprises at least a portion of the rear wall of the vapor chamber.