Cooling using adjustable thermal coupling
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsRussell S. Aoki, Devdatta P. Kulkarni, Alan W. Tate, Robin A. Steinbrecher, Ralph W. Jensen
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Abstract
Embodiments described herein may include apparatus, system and/or processes to provide an adjustable thermal coupling between cold plate coupled to a first heat source and a liquid-cooled cold plate cooling a second heat source. In embodiments, the adjustable thermal coupling may provide a degree of freedom along an access in accommodating a dimension requirement of the second heat source. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
Claims20
A cooling apparatus, comprising:
- a first cold plate thermally coupled to a first heat source;
- a second cold plate thermally coupled to a second heat source;
- an adjustable coupling to physically and thermally couple a surface of the first cold plate to a surface of the second cold plate, wherein the adjustable coupling includes an adjustment feature with an elongated hole to receive a fastener;
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- wherein the elongated hole is to allow multiple fixed physical coupling positions of the first cold plate in relation to a plurality of heights of the second cold plate along a direction of elongation perpendicular to a length of the first cold plate.
A method for cooling an apparatus, the method comprising:
- thermally coupling a first cold plate to a first heat source;
- thermally coupling a second cold plate to a second heat source;
- positioning an adjustment feature to thermally couple a surface of the first cold plate to a surface of the second cold plate, wherein the adjustment feature comprises an elongated hole to receive a fastener, and wherein the elongated hole is to allow multiple fixed physical coupling positions of the first cold plate in relation to a plurality of heights of the second cold plate along a direction of elongation perpendicular to a length of the first cold plate;
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- securing the adjustment feature to cause the first cold plate and the second cold plate to be immobily coupled.
A cooling apparatus comprising:
- means for thermally coupling a first cold plate to a first heat source;
- means for thermally coupling a second cold plate to a second heat source;
- means for positioning an adjustment feature to thermally couple a surface of the first cold plate to a surface of the second cold plate, wherein the adjustment feature comprises an elongated hole to receive a fastener, and wherein the elongated hole is to allow multiple fixed physical coupling positions of the first cold plate in relation to a plurality of heights of the second cold plate along a direction of elongation perpendicular to a length of the first cold plate;
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- means for securing the adjustment feature to cause the first cold plate and the second cold plate to be immobily coupled.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.