Patent ID: 11940233
Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Field: Thermal processes and apparatus (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F  H | IPC F

Claim 0:
1. A thermal management device comprising:
a heat sink base; and
heat sink fins;
wherein the heat sink base and heat sink fins comprise a single element formed from a plurality of graphene layers with carbon nanotubes interposed between the plurality of graphene layers, wherein a first carbon nanotube of the carbon nanotubes is interposed between a first graphene layer of the plurality of graphene layers and a second graphene layer of the plurality of graphene layers, a second carbon nanotube of the carbon nanotubes and a third carbon nanotube of the carbon nanotubes are interposed between the second graphene layer and a third graphene layer, and the first carbon nanotube is offset from the second carbon nanotube such that a first portion of the first carbon nanotube is positioned above the second carbon nanotube and a second portion of the first carbon nanotube is positioned above an area between the second carbon nanotube and the third carbon nanotube.