Method and apparatus for retaining cooling apparatus and bus bar
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorKevin E. Wells
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for retaining a cooling apparatus in engagement with an integrated circuit including a frame with a bus bar carrying an electrical signal from one part of a circuitboard to which the frame and the integrated circuit are attached to another part the circuitboard.
Claims29
An apparatus, comprising:
- a frame for retaining a cooling apparatus in engagement with a surface of an integrated circuit that is attached to a circuitboard, the frame also being attached to the circuitboard at least at a first location and a second location about the periphery of the integrated circuit;
- and
- a first bus bar disposed about the frame carrying an electrical signal from the first location of the circuitboard to the second location of the circuitboard.
A method, comprising:
- attaching an integrated circuit to a circuitboard;
- disposing a first bus bar about a frame for retaining a cooling apparatus in engagement with a surface of the integrated circuit;
- and
- attaching the frame to the circuitboard at least at a first location and a second location on the circuitboard about the periphery of the integrated circuit to cause the bus bar to carry an electrical signal from the first location of the circuitboard to the second location of the circuitboard.
An apparatus, comprising:
- a frame for retaining a cooling apparatus in a predetermined position relative to an integrated circuit that is attached to a circuitboard at least at a first location and a second location about the periphery of the integrated circuit;
- and
- a first bus bar disposed about the frame carrying an electrical signal from the first location of the circuitboard to the second location of the circuitboard.
The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the frame is in the shape of a polygonal ring that surrounds the periphery of the integrated circuit, the first location of the circuitboard is adjacent to a first corner of the frame, and the second location of the circuitboard is adjacent to a second corner of the frame.
An computer system, comprising:
- a circuitboard to which an integrated circuit is attached;
- a frame attached to the circuitboard at least at a first location and a second location about the periphery of the integrated circuit for retaining a cooling apparatus in a predetermined position relative to the integrated circuit;
- and
- a first bus bar disposed about the frame carrying an electrical signal from the first location of the circuitboard to the second location of the circuitboard.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.