Integral heat pipe module
First Claim
1. An integral heat pipe module for electronic components having at least one component mounted to a substrate, the component having a top surface spaced away from the surface of the substrate, said module comprising:
- a. a condenser cap sealingly attached to the substrate over the electronic component so as to define a sealed chamber around the electronic component;
b. a condenser surface under the top of said condenser cap having a surface spaced a selected distance away from the top surface of the electrical component so a continuous thin film of liquid is maintained therebetween, said condenser cap having a plurality of flued sections that extend upward from said surface across the condenser cap; and
c. a sufficient volume of a two-phase, noncorrosive dielectric working fluid having a low-viscosity, high surface tension liquid fraction retained inside said chamber so as to maintain a thin film of liquid working fluid that extends continuously between the top surface of the electronic component and said condenser surface;
said fluted sections of said cap being substantially free of said liquid fraction of working fluid, so that heat transfer by said working fluid from the component is substantially by thin film evaporation.
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Abstract
An integral heat pipe for transferring heat away from electronic components is disclosed. The heat pipe comprises at least one electronic component mounted to a substrate. A condenser cap is fastened over the substrate to define a sealed pipe chamber around the electronic component. The top of the condenser cap facing the component is a condenser surface and is provided with a number of parallel fluted sections. Each fluted section has parallel vertical sidewalls and a semi-circular top section. A multi-layered fiberous, porous, wick is located between the condenser surface flutes and the top of the electrical component. The top of the component may be provided with a number of parallel grooves exposed to the wick. The pipe chamber is filled with a two-phase working fluid. The heat generated by the electrical component causes the liquid fraction of the working fluid adjacent the component to evaporate. The vapor travels to the fluted condensing surface. The latent heat of vaporization is removed from the vapor so it recondenses and returns to the bottom of the module to repeat the heat transfer cycle. The wick'"'"'s capillary pumping action keeps the fluid distributed over the top surface of the electronic component. The grooved top surface of the electronic component exposed to the wick cause an inverted liquid meniscus to be formed over the component. This causes the liquid adjacent the top of the component to readily evaporate.
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1. An integral heat pipe module for electronic components having at least one component mounted to a substrate, the component having a top surface spaced away from the surface of the substrate, said module comprising:
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a. a condenser cap sealingly attached to the substrate over the electronic component so as to define a sealed chamber around the electronic component; b. a condenser surface under the top of said condenser cap having a surface spaced a selected distance away from the top surface of the electrical component so a continuous thin film of liquid is maintained therebetween, said condenser cap having a plurality of flued sections that extend upward from said surface across the condenser cap; and c. a sufficient volume of a two-phase, noncorrosive dielectric working fluid having a low-viscosity, high surface tension liquid fraction retained inside said chamber so as to maintain a thin film of liquid working fluid that extends continuously between the top surface of the electronic component and said condenser surface;
said fluted sections of said cap being substantially free of said liquid fraction of working fluid, so that heat transfer by said working fluid from the component is substantially by thin film evaporation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An integral heat pipe module for electronic components having at least one component mounted to a substrate, the component having a top surface spaced away from the surface of the substrate, said module comprising:
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a. a condenser cap sealingly attached to the substrate over the electronic component so as to define a sealed chamber around the electronic component; b. a condenser surface under the top of said condenser cap spaced away from the top surface of the electrical component, so as to define a space therebetween, said surface having a plurality of fluted sections that extend across the condenser surface; c. a porous wick of sufficient thickness in said chamber between the top of the electrical component and said condenser surface so as to substantially fill the space therebetween; and d. a sufficient volume of a two-phase, noncorrosive, dielectric working fluid having a low-viscosity, high surface tension liquid fraction retained inside said chamber so said porous wick is saturated with the liquid fraction of working fluid so as to maintain a thin film of liquid working fluid within said porous wick that extends continuously between the top surface of the electronic component and the condenser surface. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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