Configurable cold-plates of datacenter cooling systems
AssigneeNVIDIA Corporation
InventorAli Heydari
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Abstract
A cold plate that is configurable and for a datacenter liquid cooling system is disclosed. The cold plate includes a first section, a second section, and an intermediate layer, which is changeable and has first channels to enable flow of a coolant through the intermediate layer, and has second channels or at least one adapted second channel to concentrate the coolant or the flow of the coolant to at least one area within the configurable cold plate corresponding to at least a heat generating feature of an associated computing device.
Claims24
A cold plate for a datacenter liquid cooling system, comprising:
- a first section, a second section, and an intermediate layer, the intermediate layer to be changeable and to comprise first channels to enable flow of a coolant through the intermediate layer and second channels or at least one adapted second channel to concentrate the coolant or the flow of the coolant to at least one area within the cold plate, the second channels or the at least one adapted second channel located in the intermediate layer to correspond to at least a heat generating feature of an associated computing device.
A datacenter liquid cooling system, comprising:
- a cold plate having a first section, a second section, and an intermediate layer, the intermediate layer to be changeable and to comprise first channels to enable flow of a coolant through the intermediate layer and second channels or at least one adapted second channel to concentrate the coolant or the flow of the coolant to at least one area within the cold plate, the second channels or the at least one adapted second channel located in the intermediate layer to correspond to at least a heat generating component of an associated computing device.
A method for a datacenter liquid cooling system, comprising:
- determining at least one computing component having a heat generating feature;
- providing a cold plate having a first section and having a second section to be hermetically and removably sealed together;
- enabling one or more intermediate layers to be removably located within the first section and the second section, a first individual intermediate layer of the one or more intermediate layers to be changeable with a second individual intermediate layer, the one or more interchangeable intermediate layers having respective first channels to enable flow of a coolant therein, and having respective second channels or respective at least one adapted second channel to concentrate the coolant or the flow of the coolant within the cold plate to correspond to the heat generating feature.
A method for manufacturing a configurable cold plate, comprising:
- providing a first section having at least one inlet and at least one outlet to couple to fluid adapters of a cooling loop;
- providing a second section to hermetically and removably seal with the first section;
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- machining one or more intermediate layers to be removably located within the second section and the first section, individual intermediate layers of the one or more intermediate layers having respective first channels to enable flow of a coolant therein, and having respective second channels or respective at least one adapted second channel to concentrate the coolant or the flow of the coolant within the respective second channels or the respective at least one adapted second channel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.