Methods and apparatus to cool electronic devices
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsArnab Sen, Samarth Alva, Jeff Ku
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Abstract
Apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed for cooling an electronic device. An example electronic device includes a chassis, a first fan including a first outlet and a second outlet, and a second fan having a third outlet and a fourth outlet. In the example electronic device, the first fan is to exhaust air through the first outlet and the second fan is to exhaust air through the third outlet to create a positive pressure in the chassis. The first fan is to exhaust air through the second outlet to an exterior of the chassis, and the second fan is to exhaust air through the fourth outlet to an exterior of the chassis.
Claims21
An electronic device comprising:
- a chassis;
- a first fan including a first center of rotation, a first outlet facing a first direction, and a second outlet facing a second direction, the second direction of the second outlet orthogonal to the first direction of the first outlet at the first center of rotation;
- a first heat sink at an edge of the chassis at the second outlet;
- a second fan including a second center of rotation, a third outlet facing a third direction, and a fourth outlet facing a fourth direction, the fourth direction of the fourth outlet orthogonal to the third direction of the third outlet at the second center of rotation;
- a second heat sink at the edge of the chassis at the fourth outlet,
- the first fan is to exhaust air through the first outlet into the chassis and the second fan is to exhaust air through the third outlet into the chassis, the air from the first outlet and the third outlet to flow from the chassis through a fifth outlet to an exterior of the chassis,
- the first fan is to exhaust air through the second outlet to the exterior of the chassis, and
- the second fan is to exhaust air through the fourth outlet to an exterior of the chassis;
- a first partition around the first fan;
- a second partition around the second fan;
- and
- a third partition between the first partition and the second partition,
- the first partition, the second partition, and the third partition form a hyperbaric chamber in the chassis adjacent the fifth outlet.
An electronic device comprising:
- a housing;
- a first fan to produce a first exhaust stream and a second exhaust stream, the second exhaust stream orthogonal to the first exhaust stream at a first center of rotation of the first fan;
- a second fan to produce a third exhaust stream and a fourth exhaust stream, the fourth exhaust stream orthogonal to the third exhaust stream at a second center of rotation of the second fan,
- the second exhaust stream to flow through a first outlet to an exterior of the housing, past a first heat sink at an edge of the housing at the first outlet,
- the fourth exhaust stream to flow through a second outlet to the exterior of the housing, past a second heat sink at the edge of the housing at the second outlet, and
- the first exhaust stream and the third exhaust stream to flow through the housing to a third outlet to the exterior of the housing without flowing past the first heat sink and the second heat sink at the edge of the housing;
- a first partition around the first fan;
- a second partition around the second fan;
- and
- a third partition between the first partition and the second partition,
- the first partition, the second partition, and the third partition form a hyperbaric chamber in the housing adjacent the third outlet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.