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Thermal transfer structures coupling electronics card(s) to coolant-cooled structure(s)

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1165428
Cooling apparatuses and coolant-cooled electronic systems are provided which include thermal transfer structures configured to engage with a spring force one or more electronics cards with docking of the electronics card(s) within a respective socket(s) of the electronic system. A thermal transfer structure of the cooling apparatus includes a thermal spreader having a first thermal conduction surface, and a thermally conductive spring assembly coupled to the conduction surface of the thermal spreader and positioned and configured to reside between and physically couple a first surface of an electronics card to the first surface of the thermal spreader with docking of the electronics card within a socket of the electronic system. The thermal transfer structure is, in one embodiment, metallurgically bonded to a coolant-cooled structure and facilitates transfer of heat from the electronics card to coolant flowing through the coolant-cooled structure.
Research Organization:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
EE0002894
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY)
Patent Number(s):
8,913,384
Application Number:
13/527,947
OSTI ID:
1165428
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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Packaging design of the IBM System z10 Enterprise Class platform central electronic complex journal January 2009