Busbar with dielectric coating
AssigneeMicrochip Technology Caldicot Limited
InventorsPiers Tremlett, George Taylor
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Abstract
An apparatus includes a busbar and a heat-generating electronic device mounted on a first side of the busbar, the heat-generating electronic device being electrically and thermally coupled to the first side of the busbar. The busbar includes an array of non-planar physical structures on a second side of the busbar opposite the first side of the busbar. The apparatus includes a dielectric coating on the array of non-planar physical structures, the dielectric coating defining a non-planar dielectric surface on the second side of the busbar.
Claims22
An apparatus, comprising:
- a busbar;
- a heat-generating electronic device mounted on a first side of the busbar, the heat-generating electronic device being electrically and thermally coupled to the first side of the busbar;
- the busbar including an array of non-planar physical structures on a second side of the busbar opposite the first side of the busbar;
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- a dielectric coating on the array of non-planar physical structures, the dielectric coating comprising multiple layers of different materials and defining a non-planar dielectric surface on the second side of the busbar.
An apparatus, comprising:
- a first busbar;
- a second busbar;
- a heat-generating electronic device mounted between a first side of the first busbar and a first side of the second busbar, the heat-generating electronic device being electrically and thermally coupled to both the first side of the first busbar and the first side of the second busbar;
- the first busbar including a first array of non-planar physical structures on a second side of the first busbar opposite the first side of the first busbar;
- a first dielectric coating on the first array of non-planar physical structures defining a first non-planar dielectric surface on the second side of the first busbar;
- the second busbar including a second array of non-planar physical structures on a second side of the second busbar opposite the first side of the second busbar;
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- a second dielectric coating on the second array of non-planar physical structures defining a second non-planar dielectric surface on the second side of the second busbar.
A device, comprising:
- a first heat-generating electronic device;
- a second heat-generating electronic device;
- a first fluid-cooled busbar apparatus including:
- a first busbar mounted to a first side of the first heat-generating electronic device, the first busbar including a first array of non-planar physical structures;
- a first dielectric coating on the first array of non-planar physical structures defining a first non-planar dielectric surface on the first busbar;
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- a first fluid chamber to receive a first cooling fluid, the first fluid chamber having an interior surface at least a portion of which is defined by the first non-planar dielectric surface on the first busbar;
- a second fluid-cooled busbar apparatus including:
- a second busbar including:
- a second busbar first portion mounted to a second side of the first heat-generating electronic device, the second busbar first portion including a second array of non-planar physical structures;
- a second dielectric coating on the second array of non-planar physical structures defining a second non-planar dielectric surface on the second busbar first portion;
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- a second busbar second portion mounted to a first side of the second heat-generating electronic device, the second busbar second portion including a third array of non-planar physical structures spaced apart from the second array of non-planar physical structures on the second busbar first portion;
- a third dielectric coating on the third array of non-planar physical structures defining a third non-planar dielectric surface on the second busbar second portion spaced apart from the second non-planar dielectric surface on the second busbar first portion;
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- a second fluid chamber between the second busbar first portion and second busbar second portion to receive a second cooling fluid, the second fluid chamber having an interior surface defined at least by the second non-planar dielectric surface on the second busbar first portion and the third non-planar dielectric surface on the second busbar second portion;
- a third fluid-cooled busbar apparatus including:
- a third busbar mounted to a second side of the second heat-generating electronic device, the third busbar including a fourth array of non-planar physical structures;
- a fourth dielectric coating on the fourth array of non-planar physical structures defining a fourth non-planar dielectric surface on the third busbar;
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- a third fluid chamber to receive a third cooling fluid, the third fluid chamber having an interior surface at least a portion of which is defined by the fourth non-planar dielectric surface on the third busbar.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.