Cold plate
Abstract
A cold plate, an electronic assembly including a cold plate, and a method for forming a cold plate are provided. The cold plate includes an interface plate and an opposing plate that form a plenum. The cold plate includes a plurality of active areas arranged for alignment over respective heat generating portions of an electronic assembly, and non-active areas between the active areas. A cooling fluid flows through the plenum. The plenum, at the non-active areas, has a reduced width and/or reduced height relative to the plenum at the active areas. The reduced width and/or height of the plenum, and exterior dimensions of cold plate, at the non-active areas allow the non-active areas to flex to accommodate surface variations of the electronics assembly. The reduced width and/or height non-active areas can be specifically shaped to fit between physical features of the electronics assembly.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- International Business Machines Corp., Armonk, NY (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1525040
- Patent Number(s):
- 10231356
- Application Number:
- 15/803,945
- Assignee:
- International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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G - PHYSICS G06 - COMPUTING G06F - ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
H - ELECTRICITY H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS H01L - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
- DOE Contract Number:
- 4000131696; B604142
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 2017-11-06
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 42 ENGINEERING
Citation Formats
Marroquin, Christopher M., O'Connell, Kevin M., Schultz, Mark D., and Tian, Shurong. Cold plate. United States: N. p., 2019.
Web.
Marroquin, Christopher M., O'Connell, Kevin M., Schultz, Mark D., & Tian, Shurong. Cold plate. United States.
Marroquin, Christopher M., O'Connell, Kevin M., Schultz, Mark D., and Tian, Shurong. Tue .
"Cold plate". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1525040.
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