Card cage with parallel flow paths having substantially similar lengths
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1. A card cage configured to hold a set of electronics cards, the card cage comprising:
- a set of walls, the set of walls having an input configured to receive a fluid and an output configured as a fluid exit;
a set of flow paths formed in the set of walls to enable a fluid to flow therein, the set of flow paths including;
a first flow path formed between the input and the output; and
a second flow path formed between the input and the output,wherein the first flow path and the second flow path are substantially the same length.
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Abstract
A card cage configured to hold a set of electronics cards comprises a set of walls having an input and an output and a set of flow paths formed in the set of walls to enable a fluid to flow therein. The set of flow paths includes a first flow path formed between the input and the output and in first wall from the set of walls and a second flow path formed between the input and the output and in a second wall from the set of walls. The first flow path and the second flow path are substantially the same length and a fluid flowing therein experiences substantially the same pressure drop.
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28 Claims
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1. A card cage configured to hold a set of electronics cards, the card cage comprising:
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a set of walls, the set of walls having an input configured to receive a fluid and an output configured as a fluid exit; a set of flow paths formed in the set of walls to enable a fluid to flow therein, the set of flow paths including; a first flow path formed between the input and the output; and a second flow path formed between the input and the output, wherein the first flow path and the second flow path are substantially the same length. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A high performance, low pressure drop liquid cooled card cage comprising:
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a set of walls configured to form an enclosure; an input and an output formed in at least one wall from the set of walls; a motherboard including a set of card connectors configured to engage electronics cards, the motherboard and set of walls arranged to maintain the electronics cards within the enclosure; and a set of flow paths formed in the set of walls, the set of flow paths including; a first flow path formed between the input and the output, the first flow path disposed in parallel with the card connectors; and a second flow path formed between the input and the output, the second flow path disposed in parallel with the card connectors, wherein the first flow path and the second flow path are substantially the same length and are formed such that a liquid flowing therein experiences substantially the same pressure drop in the first flow path as it does in the second flow path. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A method of cooling a card cage comprising a set of walls forming an enclosure, the method comprising:
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receiving a fluid at an input; dividing and flowing the fluid between a first flow path and a second flow path having substantially the same length, wherein the first flow path is formed between an input and an output formed in the set of walls and the second flow path is also formed between the input and the output formed in the set of walls; and recombining and outputting the fluid at the output. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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