Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Wicking vapor-condenser facilitating immersion-cooling of electronic component(s)
- Patent Title (中): 吸入蒸汽冷凝器促进电子部件的浸入冷却
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Application No.: US13281669Application Date: 2011-10-26
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Publication No.: US08953317B2Publication Date: 2015-02-10
- Inventor: Levi A. Campbell , Richard C. Chu , Milnes P. David , Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr. , Madhusudan K. Iyengar , Robert E. Simons
- Applicant: Levi A. Campbell , Richard C. Chu , Milnes P. David , Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr. , Madhusudan K. Iyengar , Robert E. Simons
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti P.C.
- Agent Steven Chiu, Esq.; Kevin P. Radigan, Esq.
- Main IPC: H02B1/00
- IPC: H02B1/00 ; H02B1/56 ; H05K7/20 ; F28F7/00 ; F28D15/00 ; H01L23/12 ; H01L23/34 ; H01B7/42 ; F28D1/047 ; F28D15/02

Abstract:
Cooling apparatuses and methods are provided for immersion-cooling one or more electronic components. The cooling apparatus includes a housing at least partially surrounding and forming a fluid-tight compartment about the electronic component(s) and a dielectric fluid disposed within the fluid-tight compartment, with the electronic component(s) immersed within the dielectric fluid. A vapor-condenser and one or more wicking components are also provided. The vapor-condenser includes a plurality of thermally conductive condenser fins extending within the fluid-tight compartment, and the wicking component(s) is disposed within the fluid-tight compartment in physical contact with at least a portion of one or more thermally conductive condenser fins of the thermally conductive condenser fins extending within the compartment. The wicking component(s) facilitates drawing condensed fluid from a surface of the thermally conductive condenser fin(s) and thereby enhances heat transfer across the surface of the condenser fin(s).
Public/Granted literature
- US20130105122A1 WICKING VAPOR-CONDENSER FACILITATING IMMERSION-COOLING OF ELECTRONIC COMPONENT(S) Public/Granted day:2013-05-02
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