US 12,204,385 B2 · Method and apparatus for an ion emitter-assisted heatpipe

Abstract

An information handling system includes a processor, a memory device, and a PMU to provide power to the processor and memory device. The information handling system further includes an emitter-assisted heatpipe including an enclosed hollow chamber to house a working fluid capable of being vaporized upon application of heat at an evaporator end of the heatpipe, an ion emitter placed at the evaporator end of the heatpipe where the working fluid is vaporized upon application of heat to create a vapor within the enclosed hollow chamber of the heatpipe, the ion emitter to create ions within the vapor, an ion collector placed at a condenser end of the emitter-assisted heatpipe where the vapor condenses into a liquid, and an ionic driving circuit operatively coupled to the ion emitter, the generated ions to be attracted to the ion collector creating an ionic airflow of the vapor within the emitter-assisted heatpipe.

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Dependent claims

An information handling system comprising:

a processor;
a memory device;
a power management unit (PMU) to provide power to the processor and memory device;
an emitter-assisted heatpipe comprising:
an enclosed hollow chamber to house a working fluid capable of being vaporized upon application of heat at an evaporator end of the heatpipe;
an ion emitter placed at the evaporator end of the heatpipe where the working fluid is vaporized upon application of heat to create a vapor within the enclosed hollow chamber of the emitter-assisted heatpipe, the ion emitter to generate ions within the vapor;
and
an ion collector placed at a condenser end of the emitter-assisted heatpipe where the vapor condenses into a liquid;
and
an ionic driving circuit operatively coupled to the ion emitter and the ion collector to apply voltage to create an electric field difference between the ion emitter and ion collector such that the generated ions to be repelled from the ion emitter and attracted to the ion collector to create an ionic airflow of the vapor within the emitter-assisted heatpipe from the evaporator end to the condenser end.

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A method of operating an ion emitter heatpipe system with an emitter-assisted heatpipe of an information handling system comprising:

detecting, with a temperature sensor, when a temperature threshold has been reached at the information handling system;
with an ionic driving circuit, applying a high voltage to an ion emitter when the temperature threshold is reached, the ion emitter being placed at an evaporator end of an emitter-assisted heatpipe where a working fluid is vaporized upon application of heat form a thermally-coupled heat generating hardware component to create a vapor within the emitter-assisted heatpipe, the ion emitter to generate ions within the vapor;
attracting the ions towards an ion collector operatively coupled to the ionic driving circuit, wherein the ion collector is placed at a condenser end of the emitter-assisted heatpipe where the vapor condenses into a liquid of the working fluid;
creating an ionic flow between the ion emitter and ion collector to generate an ionic airflow of the vapor of the working liquid between the evaporator end and the condenser of the emitter-assisted heat pipe;
and
deionizing the ions created by the ion emitter at the ion collector.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Method and apparatus for an ion emitter-assisted heatpipe

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Method and apparatus for an ion emitter-assisted heatpipe

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Abstract

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