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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2014
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Gregory P. Imwalle, Mountain View, CA (US);
Eehern J. Wong, Mountain View, CA (US);
Emad Samadiani, Mountain View, CA (US);
Soheil Farshchian, San Jose, CA (US);
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A cooling apparatus for rack-mounted computing devices includes a heat sink including a thermal interface to conductively contact a computing device mounted on a printed circuit board; a cold plate including a first portion in thermal communication with the heat sink with a working fluid, and a second portion that includes a cooling coil in thermal communication with the first portion, the cooling coil including an inlet to receive chilled liquid; a fan positioned to circulate airflow over the cold plate; and a controller coupled to the fan to adjust a speed of the fan in response to an output of a sensor coupled to the computing device.