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US 2009/0213538 A1Published application
Graphics Card and Heat Dissipation Method Thereof
AssigneeASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
InventorSheng-Hung Wang
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Abstract
A graphics card includes a graphics processing unit (GPU), a heat dissipation fin, an electric cooling module and a thermoelectric generator. The electric cooling module has a cold side and a hot side. The cold side contacts the GPU, and the hot side contacts the heat dissipation fin. The thermoelectric generator contacts the heat dissipation fin and is electrically connected to the electric cooling module. Furthermore, a method for dissipating the heat of the graphics card is also disclosed herein.
Claims7
A graphics card comprising:
- a graphics processing unit (GPU);
- a heat dissipation fin;
- an electric cooling module having a cold side and a hot side, wherein the cold side contacts the GPU, and the hot side contacts the heat dissipation fin;
- and
- a thermoelectric generator contacting the heat dissipation fin and electrically connected to the electric cooling module.
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A method for dissipating the heat of a graphics card, the method comprising the steps of:
- transmitting heat energy generated by a graphics processing unit to a thermoelectric generator from a cold side of an electric cooling module;
- transforming the heat energy to electric energy via the thermoelectric generator;
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- transmitting the electric energy to the electric cooling module.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.