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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2015
Sunpower Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
James Dorenkamp, Portland, OR (US);
Henry F. Pruett, North Bend, OR (US);
Ravindranath Naiknaware, Portland, OR (US);
SunPower Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
An electrical assembly may include an enclosure having a base portion to attach the enclosure to a panel and a heat dissipating portion opposite the base portion, a circuit board having a first thermal interface on a first side of the board, a second thermal interface on a second side of the board, and a thermally conductive portion to provide enhanced thermal conduction between the first thermal interface and the second thermal interface, a power electronic device having a thermal interface coupled to the first thermal interface of the circuit board, a heat spreader arranged to transfer heat to the heat dissipating portion of the enclosure, and a thermally conductive pad coupled between the second thermal interface of the circuit board and the heat spreader.