Patent ID: 6437981
Filing Date: 2002-08-20
Classification: B81C,F28D,H01L

Abstract:
A thermally enhanced microcircuit package comprising:a microcircuit package having a microcircuit device cavity; a microcircuit device received within the microcircuit device cavity; and a microelectromechanical (MEMS) cooling module operatively connected to said microcircuit package, said cooling module including a capillary pumped loop cooling circuit having an evaporator, a condenser laterally spaced and separated from the evaporator, and cooling fluid channels interconnecting the evaporator and condenser for passing vapor and fluid between said evaporator and condenser and evaporating and condensing the cooling fluid, wherein said evaporator is operatively associated with said microcircuit device for cooling said microcircuit device when in use.