Patent ID: 9448278
Filing Date: 2016-09-20
CPC Classification: F28F,G01R,G06F,H01L

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus including a direct fluid-contact thermal block to temperature-control a semiconductive device, comprising: a first laminate type including a plurality of unit block perimeters; a base plane second laminate type, wherein the base plane second laminate type includes at least one heat-transfer fluid unit cell, the at least one heat-transfer fluid unit cell including: a third laminate type including fluid-supply distributors coupled to the fluid supply structure, and fluid-return collectors coupled to the fluid return structure; a fourth laminate type including fluid supply- and return routers, respectively, that couple to the respective fluid supply- and return distributors and collectors; a fifth laminate type includes fluid supply- and return plenums, respectively, that couple to the respective fluid supply- and return routers; and a sixth laminate type including a top plane of the direct fluid-contact thermal block and including supply-fluid inlets and return-fluid outlets, respectively, that are coupled to the respective fluid supply- and return plenums; wherein the first laminate type is 5 mils (thousandths of an inch) thick and is a single layer; the base plane second laminate type includes a fluid-flow array of 120 unit cells defined by a 24 unit-cell dimension along an X-axis and a five unit-cell dimension along a Y-axis, and wherein the base plane second laminate type is 5 mils thick and includes a total of 4 layers; the third laminate type is 10 mils thick and includes a total of nine layers; the fourth laminate type is 10 mils thick and includes a total of nine layers; the fifth laminate type is 10 mils thick and includes a total of five layers; and the sixth laminate type is 10 mils thick and includes a total of two layers.