Interfacial thermal transfer structure
OwnerShankar Krishnan, Brian Jarrettinventors
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Abstract
An apparatus that interfaces thermal transfer components is described. The apparatus includes a soft, thermally conductive metal that enables a capillary flow path with a contact surface of a thermal transfer component and an imbibing thermal interface material. The thermal transfer component is a heat sink. The thermally conductive metal includes large pores that intertwine with smaller pores of the contact surface.
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An apparatus that interfaces thermal transfer components, the apparatus comprising a soft, thermally conductive metal that enables a capillary flow path with a contact surface of a thermal transfer component comprising a heat sink, and an imbibing thermal interface material, the thermally conductive metal comprising large pores that intertwine with smaller pores of the contact surface.
An apparatus that interfaces thermal transfer components, the apparatus integrated with a base of a heat sink, the apparatus comprising a soft, thermally conductive metal that enables a capillary flow path with a contact surface of a thermal transfer component comprising a heat spreader and an imbibing thermal interface material, the metal thermally conductive metal comprising large pores that intertwine with smaller pores of the contact surface.
An apparatus that interfaces a heat sink and a heat spreader, the apparatus comprising a soft, thermally conductive metal that enables a capillary flow path with a contact surface of the heat sink, a contact surface of the heat spreader and an imbibing thermal interface material, when the apparatus is in contact with a portion of a surface of both the heat sink and the heat spreader, the thermally conductive metal comprising large pores that intertwine with smaller pores of the contact surface, the large pores comprising interstitial spaces comprising the imbibing thermal interface material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.