Insitu-cooled electrical assemblage
AssigneeEastman Kodak Company
InventorTina P. Barcley
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Abstract
An electrical assemblage reduces heat generated by components during operation. The assemblage has at least one heat-generating component, typically a resistor, and at least one heat-removing element electrically associated with the heat-generating component. Heat-removing element comprises a plurality of vias therein and is fixedly attached to a tip of the electrical components, typically on opposed charged ends. Heat absorbed by the heat- removing element is then transported to a heat sink, cooperatively associated therewith, for disposal. In an electrical assemblage, a circuit board contains multiple heat generating components each being associated with a heat-removing element of the invention.
Claims10
An electrical assemblage, comprising:
- a main portion for supporting at least one component thereon, said at least one component having a junction temperature Tj and a first and second mating surfaces;
- means for reducing said junction temperature Tj of said at one component comprising at least one heat removing element having a plurality of thermal vias therein, said at least one heat removing element being electrically associated with either of said first and second mating surfaces of said at least one component and forming a thermal transport path therebetween;
- and,
- a heat sink in fluid communication with said thermal transport path for absorbing heat transferred to said means for reducing thereby reducing said junction temperature Tj of said at least one component to a temperature T1, wherein T1 is less than Tj.
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