Cold plate having uniform pressure drop and uniform flow rate

A system for cooling at least one heat-generating components comprising:

• a manifold for delivering a fluid coolant;
• a plurality of cold plates disposed in a vertical stack, each cold plate having channel sections defining a channel through which a fluid coolant is received from the manifold and transported, and having a plurality of bosses each for receiving a heat-generating component and being disposed adjacent the channel;
• at least three fin structures adjacently disposed in a sequential order on each cold plate, each fin structure surrounding a boss and comprising a fin inlet and a fin outlet in fluid communication with a section of the channel, the channel transporting the fluid coolant to the fin structures in non-sequential order;
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• a first channel section in fluid communication with a first fin structure and disposed adjacent a second channel section in fluid communication with a second fin structure, the first channel section transporting coolant in a first direction, and the second channel section transporting coolant in a direction opposite the first direction;
• whereby the fluid coolant flowing in the second channel section counterflows against the fluid coolant flowing in the first channel section, thereby transferring heat from the fluid coolant in the second channel section to the fluid coolant in the first channel section.

A method of cooling at least one heat-generating component, comprising:

• providing a plurality of cold plates disposed in a stacked configuration, each cold plate defining a channel through which a fluid coolant is received and transported, a plurality of bosses each for receiving a heat-generating component, each boss being disposed adjacent the channel, at least three fin structures adjacently disposed in a sequential order on the cold plate, each fin structure surrounding a boss and having a fin inlet and a fin outlet in fluid communication with the channel, and a first channel section in fluid communication with a first fin structure and disposed adjacent a second channel section in fluid communication with a second fin structure;
• delivering fluid coolant to the channel in each of the cold plates via a manifold;
• transporting fluid coolant through the first channel section in each cold plate in a first direction;
• transporting fluid coolant through the second channel section in each cold plate in a direction opposite the first direction, whereby the fluid coolant flowing in the second channel section counterflows against the fluid coolant flowing in the first channel section, thereby transferring heat from the fluid coolant in the second channel section to the fluid coolant in the first channel section;
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• transporting fluid coolant through each channel of each cold plate such that the fluid coolant is delivered to the fin structures of each cold plate in a non-sequential order, causing the flow rate of the fluid coolant to be substantially equivalent across each cold plate.