Laser cooling system
AssigneenLIGHT, Inc.
InventorsAaron Ludwig Hodges, Rodney Mark Stephens
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Abstract
A laser cooling system includes a first tubing, a second tubing, and a cold plate assembly including a first channel to receive the first tubing and a second channel to receive the second tubing. A joint removably couples the first tubing to the second tubing and at least one component mounted on the cold plate assembly over the first tubing or the second tubing. The inlet end of the first tubing receives a cooling fluid and an outlet end of the second tubing discharges the cooling fluid after the cooling fluid flows through the first tubing, the joint, and the second tubing to maintain uniform a temperature of the at least one component mounted on the cold plate assembly.
Claims19
A system to remove heat generated by first and second components, from the second and first components, during operation of the first and second components, the system comprising:
- a cold plate assembly having a front, a back, and sides, the cold plate assembly further including:
- a first plate having a front, a back, and sides, the front of the first plate including a first channel boustrophedonically formed thereon, the first channel including a channel inlet end and a channel outlet end located at a same side of the sides of the first plate;
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- a second plate attached to the first plate, the second plate having a front, a back, and sides, the front of the second plate including a second channel boustrophedonically formed thereon, the second channel including a channel inlet end and a channel outlet end located at a same side of the sides of the second plate;
- wherein the back of the second plate is attached to the back of the first plate;
- a first tubing received by the front of the first plate, in the first channel, the first tubing having an inlet end and an outlet end located at a same side of the sides of the cold plate assembly, wherein a top of the first tubing and the front of the first plate are located in a first plane;
- a second different tubing received by the front of the second plate, in the second channel, the second tubing having an inlet end and an outlet end located at the side of the sides of the cold plate assembly, wherein a top of the second tubing and the front of the second plate are located in a second plane;
- a joint to couple the outlet end of the first tubing to the inlet end of the second tubing;
- the first components mounted on the front of the first plate over the first tubing, wherein a bottom of the first components are located in the first plane;
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- the second components mounted on the front of the second plate over the second tubing, wherein a bottom of the second components are located in the second plane.
A cooling system to remove heat generated by at least one component, from the at least one component during operation of the at least one component, the cooling system comprising:
- a cold plate assembly including a front, a back, and sides, the front having a first channel and the back having a second channel, the first channel including a channel inlet end and a channel outlet end located at a same side of the sides of the cold plate assembly, the second channel including a channel inlet end and a channel outlet end located at the side of the sides of the cold plate assembly;
- a first tubing received by the front of the cold plate assembly, in the first channel wherein a top of the first tubing and the front of the cold plate assembly are located in a first plane;
- a second different tubing received by the back of the cold plate assembly, in the second channel, wherein a top of the second tubing and the back of the cold plate assembly are located in a second plane;
- a joint to removably couple an outlet end of the first tubing to an inlet end of the second tubing, wherein the outlet end of the first tubing and the inlet end of the second tubing are located at the side of the sides of the cold plate assembly;
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- the at least one component mounted on the front or the back of the cold plate assembly over the first tubing or the second tubing, respectively, wherein a bottom of the at least one component is located in the first plane or the second plane, respectively;
- wherein an inlet end of the first tubing receives a cooling fluid;
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- wherein an outlet end of the second tubing discharges the cooling fluid after the cooling fluid flows through the first tubing, the joint, and the second tubing to maintain uniform a temperature of the at least one component mounted on the cold plate assembly.
A cooling system to remove heat generated by at least one component, from the at least one component during operation of the at least one component, the cooling system comprising:
- a cold plate assembly having a front with a first planar surface, a back with a second planar surface, and sides;
- a channel formed on the front of the cold plate assembly, the channel including a channel inlet end and a channel outlet end located at a same side of the sides of the cold plate assembly;
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- a tubing having an inlet end and an outlet end located at the side of the sides of the cold plate assembly, the tubing having a planar side, the tubing disposed in the channel to expose the planar side;
- the tubing received by the front of the cold plate assembly, in the channel, wherein the first planar surface of the front of the cold plate assembly is defined, at least in part, by the exposed planar side of the tubing;
- wherein the at least one component is directly mounted to the first planar surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.