Directly injected forced convention cooling for electronics
AssigneeThales Nederland B.V.
InventorsGerrit Johannes Hendrikus Maria Brok, Wessel Willems Wits, Jan Hendrik Mannak, Rob Legtenberg
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Abstract
Electronic circuitry comprises a circuit board (34) and at least one component (30,32) mounted on the circuit board (34), wherein the at least one component (30,32) generates heat in use, the circuit board (34) includes at least one aperture (48, 50) aligned with the component (30,32) or a respective one of the components, and the electronic circuitry is configured to provide, in use, a path for coolant fluid to flow through the or each aperture (48, 50) and past the at least one component (30,32).
Claims7
Electronic circuitry comprising
- a circuit board and at least one component mounted on the circuit board, the at least one component generating heat in use,
- the circuit board including at least one aperture aligned with the component or a respective one of the components, and the electronic circuitry being configured to provide, in use, a path for coolant fluid to flow through the or each aperture and past the at least one component, the electronic circuitry being characterized in that it further comprises at least one further aperture,
- wherein the at least one aperture and the at least one further aperture are arranged so that coolant fluid can flow in through the at least one aperture and out through the at least one further aperture and such that there is a closed path between the at least one aperture and the at least one further aperture, and
- wherein the position of the or each at least one aperture is such that in use coolant fluid passing through the aperture approaches the surface of the component with which the aperture is aligned from a perpendicular direction and aligned at or near a central region of the component, and,
- wherein said circuit board further comprises at least one further portion of solder, that provides a barrier to coolant flow thereby to produce a closed path between at least one of the apertures and at least one of the further apertures.
A method of producing electronic circuitry comprising
- providing a circuit board,
- producing at least one aperture in the circuit board, and
- mounting at least one component on the circuit board, the at least one aperture aligned with the component or a respective one of the components,
- the at least one component generating heat in use and the or each aperture having a position on the circuit board, wherein the position of the or each at least one aperture is such that, in use, coolant fluid passing through the aperture approaches the surface of the component with which the aperture is aligned from a perpendicular direction and aligned at or near a central region of the component,
- the method being characterized in that the step of mounting the at least one component comprises positioning the at least one component on the circuit board and reflowing portions of solder in order to provide an electrical connection between the at least one component and the circuit board, and the portions of solder are such that after reflowing the portions of solder provide a desired spacing between the circuit board and the at least one component,
- the method further comprising producing at least one further aperture and providing at least one further portion of solder on the circuit board, and wherein the step of reflowing comprises reflowing the at least one further portion of solder, the at least one further portion of solder being positioned such that, after reflowing, it provides a barrier to coolant flow thereby to produce a closed path between at least one of the apertures and at least one of the further apertures.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.