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AssigneeGeneral Instrument Corporation
InventorsShlomo Ovadia, Steven Kimball
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If the circuitry for processing television and other data signals conventionally contained in a set-top terminal is incorporated directly into a television set, heat from a removable point-of-deployment module inserted into the television set to connect with that circuitry can be primarily dissipated by providing a guide of a thermally conductive material that is in contact with both the module and the electromagnetic interference shield of the television set. This applies in either a cathode ray tube television set or a flat panel display television set. In a flat panel television set, the interference shield takes the form of a shield bracket, which is also used to support the flat panel display. In either case, heat generated by the module is conducted to the shield or shield bracket and then released by convection. Alternatively, the module can, in either case, be installed in direct physical contact with the shield or shield bracket.
A system for managing thermal energy produced by a removable module deployed in electrical connection with circuitry incorporated into a television set, the system comprising:
A system for managing thermal energy produced by a removable module deployed in electrical connection with circuitry incorporated into a television set, the system comprising:
A system for managing thermal energy produced by a removable module deployed in electrical connection with circuitry incorporated into a television set, the system comprising:
A method for managing thermal energy produced by a removable module deployed in electrical connection with circuitry incorporated into a television set, the method comprising thermally coupling said removable module for thermal conduction of heat to a thermally-conductive shield element of said television set when said module is received in a port in said television set for electrically connecting said module to said circuitry incorporated into said television set, whereby heat generated by said module is primarily dissipated by conduction to said shield element;
A method for managing thermal energy produced by a removable module deployed in electrical connection with circuitry incorporated into a television set, the method comprising thermally coupling said removable module for thermal conduction of heat to a thermally-conductive shield element of said television set when said module is received in a port in said television set for electrically connecting said module to said circuitry incorporated into said television set, whereby heat generated by said module is primarily dissipated by conduction to said shield element;
A method for managing thermal energy produced by a removable module deployed in electrical connection with circuitry incorporated into a television set, the method comprising thermally coupling said removable module for thermal conduction of heat to a thermally-conductive shield element of said television set when said module is received in a port in said television set for electrically connecting said module to said circuitry incorporated into said television set, whereby heat generated by said module is primarily dissipated by conduction to said shield element;
A system for managing thermal energy produced by a removable module deployed in electrical connection with circuitry incorporated into a television set, the system comprising:
A system for managing thermal energy produced by a removable module deployed in electrical connection with circuitry incorporated into a television set, the system comprising:
A system for managing thermal energy produced by a removable module deployed in electrical connection with circuitry incorporated into a television set, the system comprising:
A system for managing thermal energy produced by a removable module deployed in electrical connection with circuitry incorporated into a television set, the system comprising:
A system for managing thermal energy produced by a removable module deployed in electrical connection with circuitry incorporated into a television set, the system comprising:
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