Printed circuit board and heat sink arrangement
First Claim
1. A method of making an assembly of a printed circuit board structure and heat sink structure comprising:
- providing a printed circuit board structure comprising a printed circuit board and an electronic component mounted upon a first side of the printed circuit board;
providing a heat sink structure with a hole defined through the heat sink structure;
disposing a thermally conductive surface release agent upon a first side of a selected one of the structures;
relatively disposing the printed circuit board structure and the heat sink structure with the first sides of the two structures facing towards and spaced from each other and with the hole having its axis extending in a direction generally towards the electronic component;
and creating a heat conductive path from the heat sink structure to the printed circuit board structure by causing a flowable thermally conductive material or compound to flow through the hole so as to occupy and be caused to remain in a spatial region;
a) between and in heat conductive contact with the thermally conductive surface release agent on one side of the spatial region and in thermally conductive contact with the structure disposed on the other side of the spatial region; and
b) in alignment with the electronic component.
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Abstract
Making an assembly of a printed circuit board structure and heat sink structure by locating a thermally conductive surface release agent upon a side of one of the structures and causing a flowable thermally conductive material to flow through a hole in the heat sink and lie between the release agent and the other structure. The thermally conductive material lies in heat conductive contact with the release agent and with the other structure and in alignment with an electronic component which is to be cooled upon the board. The release agent ensures easy release of the printed circuit board structure from the heat sink structure for disassembly purposes. An assembly of the two structures is also covered.
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10 Claims
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1. A method of making an assembly of a printed circuit board structure and heat sink structure comprising:
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providing a printed circuit board structure comprising a printed circuit board and an electronic component mounted upon a first side of the printed circuit board; providing a heat sink structure with a hole defined through the heat sink structure; disposing a thermally conductive surface release agent upon a first side of a selected one of the structures; relatively disposing the printed circuit board structure and the heat sink structure with the first sides of the two structures facing towards and spaced from each other and with the hole having its axis extending in a direction generally towards the electronic component; and creating a heat conductive path from the heat sink structure to the printed circuit board structure by causing a flowable thermally conductive material or compound to flow through the hole so as to occupy and be caused to remain in a spatial region; a) between and in heat conductive contact with the thermally conductive surface release agent on one side of the spatial region and in thermally conductive contact with the structure disposed on the other side of the spatial region; and b) in alignment with the electronic component. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A printed circuit board structure and heat sink structure assembly comprising:
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a structure of printed circuit board and an electronic component detachably mounted upon the printed circuit board; a heat sink structure with a hole defined through the heat sink structure for injection purposes; the two structures disposed with first sides of the structures face-to-face and spaced-apart with the hole extending in a direction generally towards the electronic component; and thermally conductive material that has flowed through the hole to be disposed between the two structures and occupy a spatial region extending across the hole to provide a heat conductive bridge between the two structures and in alignment with the electronic component, the thermally conductive material held away from a first side of a selected one of the structures by a thermally conductive surface release agent which is disposed in thermal conductive engagement both with the first side of the selected structure and with the thermally conductive material while being capable of being physically separated from the thermally conductive material by the application of a separating force. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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