Heat dissipation device having an improved fin structure

Abstract

A heat dissipation device for dissipating heat from an electronic element, includes a base plate for absorbing heat from the heat-generating component, a fin unit located above the base plate and having a plurality of fins stacked together, and at least a heat pipe having an evaporating section thermally engaging with the base plate and a pair of condensing sections extending through the fins. Each of the fins has a plurality of parallel and protruding flanges on a top face thereof. The protruding flanges of the fins are of equal height and parallel to short sides of the fins. Each protruding flange has a length equal to that of the short sides of the fins. A distance between two neighboring ones of the protruding flanges located between the condensing sections is the same. The protruding flanges are provided for increasing a heat dissipation area of the fin.

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