Patent ID: 6054676
Filing Date: 2000-04-25
Classification: H01L,H05K

Abstract:
An apparatus for cooling an integrated circuit device having projecting connector pins, said apparatus comprising:a generally planar heater board having an array of openings formed therein;a socket mounted to said heater board for receiving and electrically coupling to the integrated circuit device, said socket including a base member and an array of elongated socket pins projecting from said base member through said openings in said heater board to exposed external ends, each of said socket pins defining a receptacle on said base member for receiving a corresponding connector pin of the integrated circuit device;means for sealing said socket pins in said openings formed in said heater board;a housing mounted and sealed to said heater board, said housing defining a thermally insulated internal cavity sized to contain an integrated circuit device disposed in said socket;a thermally conductive cooling element in said cavity, said cooling element being positioned in thermal contact with an integrated circuit device contained in said cavity and being coupled to a cooling system for cooling said cooling element and, in turn, the integrated circuit device, to a predetermined temperature; andheating means on said heater board for maintaining said exposed external ends of said socket pins at a predetermined temperature sufficiently high to prevent the condensation of moisture on said external end portions of said socket pins.