METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COOLING HEAT-GENERATING STRUCTURE
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1. An apparatus comprising a cooling structure including:
- a heat receiving portion having a footprint and configured to receive heat within said footprint from a heat generating structure, said footprint having a width in a first direction;
an inlet portion for a fluid coolant, said inlet portion being disposed within said width of said footprint with respect to said first direction;
an outlet portion for said fluid coolant, said outlet portion being disposed within said width of said footprint with respect to said first direction, said inlet portion and said outlet portion being spaced from said heat receiving portion with respect to a second direction approximately normal to said first direction;
a coolant supply portion configured to guide a fluid coolant from said inlet portion to the region of said heat receiving portion, said coolant supply portion being disposed in its entirety within said width of said footprint with respect to said first direction; and
a coolant application portion configured to receive said coolant from said coolant supply portion and to guide said coolant from the region of said heat receiving portion to said outlet portion, said coolant application portion being disposed in its entirety within said width of said footprint with respect to said first direction, said coolant receiving heat at said heat receiving portion after traveling through said coolant supply portion and before traveling through said coolant application portion.
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An apparatus includes a heat receiving portion which receives heat within a footprint from a heat generating structure, and a cooling arrangement which causes flow of a coolant that absorbs heat at the heat receiving portion, the cooling arrangement being disposed in its entirety within a width of the footprint in a particular direction. A different feature involves an apparatus which includes a heat receiving portion at which a coolant receives heat, and a coolant separating portion which receives coolant traveling away from the heat receiving portion, and which separates liquid coolant from vapor coolant.
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1. An apparatus comprising a cooling structure including:
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a heat receiving portion having a footprint and configured to receive heat within said footprint from a heat generating structure, said footprint having a width in a first direction;
an inlet portion for a fluid coolant, said inlet portion being disposed within said width of said footprint with respect to said first direction;
an outlet portion for said fluid coolant, said outlet portion being disposed within said width of said footprint with respect to said first direction, said inlet portion and said outlet portion being spaced from said heat receiving portion with respect to a second direction approximately normal to said first direction;
a coolant supply portion configured to guide a fluid coolant from said inlet portion to the region of said heat receiving portion, said coolant supply portion being disposed in its entirety within said width of said footprint with respect to said first direction; and
a coolant application portion configured to receive said coolant from said coolant supply portion and to guide said coolant from the region of said heat receiving portion to said outlet portion, said coolant application portion being disposed in its entirety within said width of said footprint with respect to said first direction, said coolant receiving heat at said heat receiving portion after traveling through said coolant supply portion and before traveling through said coolant application portion. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method, comprising the steps of:
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providing a cooling structure which includes a heat receiving portion, an inlet portion, an outlet portion, a coolant supply portion, and a coolant application portion, said heat receiving portion having a footprint with a width in a first direction and being configured to receive heat within said footprint from a heat generating structure;
locating each of said inlet portion, said outlet portion, said coolant supply portion, and said coolant application portion within said width of said footprint with respect to said first direction;
positioning said inlet portion and said outlet portion at locations spaced from said heat receiving portion with respect to a second direction approximately normal to said first direction;
causing a fluid coolant to flow through said coolant supply portion from said inlet portion to the region of said heat receiving portion; and
causing said coolant to flow through said coolant application portion from the region of said heat receiving portion to said outlet portion, said coolant receiving heat at said heat receiving portion after traveling through said coolant supply portion and before traveling through said coolant outlet portion. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. An apparatus comprising a slat which includes:
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a heat receiving portion configured to receive heat from heat generating structure; and
a cooling structure configured to guide a two-phase fluid coolant past said heat receiving portion, said coolant receiving heat at said heat receiving portion so that at least a portion of said coolant transitions from a liquid state to a vapor state in response to the absorption of heat; and
wherein said cooling structure includes a coolant separating portion which receives the coolant traveling away from said heat receiving portion and separates liquid coolant from vapor coolant. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A method, comprising:
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providing a slat including a heat receiving portion and a cooling structure, said heat receiving portion being configured to receive heat from heat generating structure, and said cooling structure being configured to guide a two-phase fluid coolant past said heat receiving portion;
causing said coolant to flow past said heat receiving portion such that said coolant receives heat from said heat receiving portion and at least a portion of said coolant transitions from a liquid state to a vapor state in response to the absorption of heat;
receiving at said coolant separating portion the coolant traveling away from said heat receiving portion; and
separating liquid coolant from vapor coolant at said coolant separating portion. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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