Patent ID: 11963335
Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
Field: Semiconductors (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC H

Claim 11:
12. An electronic device comprising:
a printed circuit board;
a heat source located on the printed circuit board;
a package stiffener around the heat source; and
a sandwich plate construction heatsink over the heat source, wherein the sandwich plate construction heatsink includes:
a cold plate over the heat source and coupled to a retention mechanism that includes leaf spring elements coupled to the printed circuit board;
a plurality of heat pipes over the cold plate; and
a top plate over the plurality of heat pipes, wherein the top plate is coupled to the retention mechanism to secure the top plate over the plurality of heat pipes, wherein the leaf spring elements of the retention mechanism create an applied load on the cold plate in a direction towards the printed circuit board.