# US 12,007,173 B2 · Vapor chamber having a reservoir

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- Number: US 12,007,173 B2
- Document ID: US12007173B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 18/256,604
- Filed: 2020-12-30
- Published: 2023-12-07
- Granted: 2024-06-11
- Earliest claimed: 2020-12-30
- Assignees: Razer (Asia-Pacific) Pte. Ltd.
- Applicants: Razer (Asia-Pacific) Pte. Ltd.
- Inventors: ChengYu Cheng; FuMei Wang; YiHsiang Hung
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12007173B2

## CPC

- F28D 15/046: {characterised by the material or the construction of the capillary structure}
- H05K 7/20809: {within server blades for removing heat from heat source}
- F28D 15/0233: {the conduits having a particular shape, e.g. non-circular cross-section, annular (F28D15/0241, F28D15/0266 take precedence)}
- G06F 1/20: Cooling means
- H05K 7/20318: {Condensers}
- H05K 7/20327: {Accessories for moving fluid, for connecting fluid conduits, for distributing fluid or for preventing leakage, e.g. pumps, tanks or manifolds}
- H10W 40/73: for cooling by change of state
- G06F 2200/201: Cooling arrangements using cooling fluid
- H05K 7/20409: {Outer radiating structures on heat dissipating housings, e.g. fins integrated with the housing}
- H10W 40/226: {characterised by projecting parts, e.g. fins to increase surface area (leadframes for cooling H10W70/461)}
- F28D: HEAT-EXCHANGE APPARATUS, NOT PROVIDED FOR IN ANOTHER SUBCLASS, IN WHICH THE HEAT-EXCHANGE MEDIA DO NOT COME INTO DIRECT CONTACT (fluid heaters having heat generating means and heat transferring means F24H; furnaces F27; details of heat-exchange apparatus of general)
- H05K: PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
- H10W: GENERIC PACKAGES, INTERCONNECTIONS, CONNECTORS OR OTHER CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF DEVICES COVERED BY CLASS H10

## Abstract

In some aspects, a vapor chamber includes a sealed enclosure. The sealed enclosure includes: a main chamber; a first elongate chamber extending laterally from a first side of the main chamber; and a second elongate chamber extending laterally from a second, opposite side of the main chamber. The vapor chamber further includes a first capillary structure lining a first interior surface of the sealed enclosure, and a second capillary structure lining a second, opposite interior surface of the sealed enclosure. Distal portions of the first elongate chamber and the second elongate chamber are configured as reservoirs that store an excess volume of a working fluid in a liquid state when a heat source is in a first operating state, and release the excess volume of the working fluid towards the main chamber when the heat source is in a second operating state.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A vapor chamber, comprising:
a sealed enclosure comprising:
a main chamber;
a first elongate chamber extending laterally from a first side of the main chamber; and
a second elongate chamber extending laterally from a second, opposite side of the main chamber;
a first capillary structure lining a first interior surface of the sealed enclosure; and
a second capillary structure lining a second, opposite interior surface of the sealed enclosure,
wherein distal portions of the first elongate chamber and the second elongate chamber are configured as reservoirs that store an excess volume of a working fluid in a liquid state when a heat source is in a first operating state and release the excess volume of the working fluid towards the main chamber when the heat source is in a second operating state,
wherein the distal portions of the first elongate chamber and the second elongate chamber are disposed outside a footprint of a heat dissipation structure disposed on an exterior surface of the vapor chamber.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The vapor chamber of claim 1, wherein the heat source comprises a processor, and the first operating state is a steady state power mode of the processor, and the second operating state is a turbo power mode of the processor.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The vapor chamber of claim 1, wherein portions of the first capillary structure and the second capillary structure disposed in the distal portions of the first elongate chamber and the second elongate chamber are configured as the reservoirs, wherein the excess volume of the working fluid is stored in and released from the portions of the first capillary structure and the second capillary structure disposed in the distal portions of the first elongate chamber and the second elongate chamber.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The vapor chamber of claim 1,
wherein the heat dissipation structure comprises a first fin structure disposed over a portion of the first elongate chamber, and wherein the distal portion of the first elongate chamber is outside of the footprint of the first fin structure, and/or
wherein the heat dissipation structure comprises a second fin structure disposed over a portion of the second elongate chamber, and wherein the distal portion of the second elongate chamber is outside of the footprint of the second fin structure.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The vapor chamber of claim 1, further comprising
a third capillary structure attached to the first capillary structure, wherein the third capillary structure is positioned between the first capillary structure and the second capillary structure, wherein a distance between the first interior surface of the sealed enclosure and the second interior surface of the sealed enclosure in the main chamber is less than a distance between the first interior surface of the sealed enclosure and the second interior surface of the sealed enclosure in the reservoirs, and
a reservoir capillary structure disposed in each of the reservoirs, the reservoir capillary structure positioned between the third capillary structure and the second capillary structure.

### Claim 6

A vapor chamber, comprising:
a cover portion secured to a base portion to form a sealed enclosure, the sealed enclosure comprising:
a main chamber;
a first elongate chamber extending laterally in a first direction from a first side of the main chamber; and
a second elongate chamber extending laterally in a second, opposite direction from a second, opposite side of the main chamber, wherein a width of the main chamber is greater than a width of the first elongate chamber and a width of the second elongate chamber;
a first capillary structure disposed in the main chamber, the first elongate chamber, and the second elongate chamber, the first capillary structure lining a first interior surface of the sealed enclosure; and
a second capillary structure disposed in the main chamber, the first elongate chamber, and the second elongate chamber, the second capillary structure lining a second, opposite interior surface of the sealed enclosure,
wherein portions of the first capillary structure and the second capillary structure disposed in distal portions of the first elongate chamber and the second elongate chamber are configured as reservoirs that modulate a volume of a working fluid circulating in the vapor chamber based on an operating state of a heat source.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The vapor chamber of claim 6, wherein the reservoirs are configured to:
store an excess volume of the working fluid in a liquid state when the heat source is in a first operating state; and
release the excess volume of the working fluid towards the main chamber when the heat source is in a second operating state.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The vapor chamber of claim 7, wherein:
in the first operating state of the heat source, a nominal volume of the working fluid is configured to circulate in the vapor chamber; and
in the second operating state of the heat source, the nominal volume of the working fluid and the excess volume of the working fluid are configured to circulate in the vapor chamber,
wherein the nominal volume of the working fluid is substantially equal to the excess volume of the working fluid.

### Claim 9 (depends on 7)

The vapor chamber of claim 7, wherein the heat source comprises a processor, and the first operating state is a steady state power mode of the processor, and the second operating state is a turbo power mode of the processor.

### Claim 10 (depends on 6)

The vapor chamber of claim 6, wherein the distal portions of the first elongate chamber and the second elongate chamber are disposed outside a footprint of a heat dissipation structure disposed on an exterior surface of the vapor chamber.

### Claim 11 (depends on 10)

The vapor chamber of claim 10,
wherein the heat dissipation structure comprises a first fin structure formed on the cover portion and disposed over a portion of the first elongate chamber, and wherein the distal portion of the first elongate chamber is outside of the footprint of the first fin structure, and/or
wherein the heat dissipation structure comprises a second fin structure formed on the cover portion and disposed over a portion of the second elongate chamber, and wherein the distal portion of the second elongate chamber is outside of the footprint of the second fin structure.

### Claim 12 (depends on 6)

The vapor chamber of claim 6, further comprising
a third capillary structure attached to the first capillary structure, wherein the third capillary structure is positioned between the first capillary structure and the second capillary structure, wherein a distance between the first interior surface of the sealed enclosure and the second interior surface of the sealed enclosure in the main chamber is less than a distance between the first interior surface of the sealed enclosure and the second interior surface of the sealed enclosure in the reservoirs, and
a reservoir capillary structure disposed in each of the reservoirs, the reservoir capillary structure positioned between the third capillary structure and the second capillary structure.

### Claim 13

A system, comprising:
a processor; and
a vapor chamber, wherein the processor is in physical contact with a surface of the vapor chamber, the vapor chamber comprising:
a sealed enclosure comprising:
a main chamber;
a first elongate chamber extending laterally from a first side of the main chamber; and
a second elongate chamber extending laterally from a second, opposite side of the main chamber;
a first capillary structure lining a first interior surface of the sealed enclosure; and
a second capillary structure lining a second, opposite interior surface of the sealed enclosure,
wherein distal portions of the first elongate chamber and the second elongate chamber are configured as reservoirs that modulate a volume of a working fluid circulating in the vapor chamber based on an operating state of the processor,
wherein the distal portions of the first elongate chamber and the second elongate chamber are disposed outside a footprint of a heat dissipation structure disposed on an exterior surface of the vapor chamber.

### Claim 14 (depends on 13)

The system of claim 13, wherein portions of the first capillary structure and the second capillary structure disposed in the distal portions of the first elongate chamber and the second elongate chamber are configured as the reservoirs.

### Claim 15 (depends on 13)

The system of claim 13, wherein:
in a first operating state of the processor, a nominal volume of the working fluid is configured to circulate in the vapor chamber; and
in a second operating state of the processor, the nominal volume and an excess volume of the working fluid are configured to circulate in the vapor chamber.

### Claim 16 (depends on 15)

The system of claim 15,
wherein the nominal volume of the working fluid is substantially equal to the excess volume of the working fluid, or
wherein the reservoirs are configured to:
store the excess volume of the working fluid in a liquid state when the processor is in the first operating state; and
release the excess volume of the working fluid towards the main chamber when the processor is in the second operating state.

### Claim 17 (depends on 15)

The system of claim 15, wherein the first operating state is a steady state power mode of the processor, and the second operating state is a turbo power mode of the processor.

### Claim 18 (depends on 13)

The system of claim 13,
wherein the vapor chamber further comprises a third capillary structure attached to the first capillary structure, wherein the third capillary structure is positioned between the first capillary structure and the second capillary structure,
wherein a distance between the first interior surface of the sealed enclosure and the second interior surface of the sealed enclosure in the main chamber is less than a distance between the first interior surface of the sealed enclosure and the second interior surface of the sealed enclosure in the reservoirs,
wherein the vapor chamber further comprises a reservoir capillary structure disposed in each of the reservoirs, the reservoir capillary structure positioned between the third capillary structure and the second capillary structure.