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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2013
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Levi A. Campbell, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Richard C. Chu, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
Milnes P. David, Fishkill, NY (US);
Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr., Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Madhusudan K. Iyengar, Foster City, CA (US);
Robert E. Simons, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A heat sink, and cooled electronic structure and cooled electronics apparatus utilizing the heat sink are provided. The heat sink is fabricated of a thermally conductive structure which includes one or more coolant-carrying channels coupled to facilitate the flow of coolant through the coolant-carrying channel(s). The heat sink further includes a membrane associated with the coolant-carrying channel(s). The membrane includes at least one vapor-permeable region, which overlies a portion of the coolant-carrying channel(s) and facilitates removal of vapor from the coolant-carrying channel(s), and at least one orifice coupled to inject coolant onto at least one surface of the coolant-carrying channel(s) intermediate opposite ends of the channel(s).