Arrangement and method for cooling a support
AssigneeAZUR SPACE Solar Power GmbH
InventorRudiger Lockenhoff
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Abstract
The invention relates to an arrangement and a method for cooling a support (203) having an electronic component, comprising a housing (200) with a base plate (204), a circumferential wall (220) surrounding the support and a cover (211) extending above the support and closing the interior space (230) of the support. The aim is to cool the support directly by a cooling fluid that flows through the base plate without having the risk of damage to the support. In order to achieve said aim, it is proposed that the interior space (230) is subjected to a pressure that is greater than the pressure which is generated by the cooling fluid and is acting upon the support (202).
Claims24
A device for cooling a support having an electric or electronic component connected thereto, said device comprising a housing having:
- a base plate comprising an inlet opening and an outlet opening;
- wherein the base plate is in contact with the support;
- a peripheral wall extending from the base plate and surrounding the support;
- a cover disposed on the peripheral wall;
- wherein the base plate, the peripheral wall, and the cover define a closed internal space;
- a plurality of channels extending between an interstice between a lower surface of the support that faces the interstice, and an upper surface of the base plate that faces the interstice;
- wherein said channels are connected to the inlet opening and the outlet opening in the base plate;
- a cooling fluid disposed in the plurality of channels;
- a gas disposed in the internal space;
- wherein a pressure of the gas in the internal space is greater than a pressure of the cooling fluid in the plurality of channels.
A method for cooling a support having an electric or electronic component connected thereto, said method comprising,
- providing a housing, said housing having:
- a base plate having an inlet opening and an outlet opening;
- wherein the base plate is in contact with the support;
- a peripheral wall extending from the base plate and surrounding the support;
- a cover disposed on the peripheral wall;
- wherein the base plate, the peripheral wall, and the cover define a closed internal space;
- an interstice between a lower surface of the support and an upper surface of the base plate;
- providing a cooling fluid in the interstice at a pressure P1;
- and
- providing a gas in the internal space at a pressure P2;
- wherein P2≧P1.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.