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Vapor chamber with sintered grooved wick

  • US 6,997,245 B2
  • Filed: 12/03/2004
  • Issued: 02/14/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/28/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A heat pipe heat spreader comprising:

  • a substantially L-shaped enclosure having an internal surface and a plurality of post projecting from said internal surface;

    a working fluid disposed within said enclosure; and

    a grooved wick disposed on at least a portion of said internal surface and including a plurality of individual particles having an average diameter, said grooved wick including at least two lands that are in fluid communication with one another through a particle layer disposed between said at least two lands that comprises less than about six average particle diameters.

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