Patent ID: 6671176
Filing Date: 2003-12-30
Classification: H01L,H05K,Y02P

Abstract:
A method of cooling components arranged on a circuit board, comprising the steps of:providing said circuit board containing at least one component mounted thereon, said at least one component having a characteristic junction temperature Tj and a first and second mating surfaces; providing means for reducing said junction temperature Tj of said at least one component, said means comprising the step of adapting at least one heat removing element comprising a plurality of thermal vias to said at least one component, said heat removing element being electrically associated with either of said first and second mating surfaces, and said plurality of thermal vias being separated from either of said first and second mating surfaces by a web; cooperatively associating a heat sink element to said at least one heat removing element for transporting heat removed from said at least one component to said at least one heat removing element, thereby reducing said junction temperature Tj of said at least one component to a temperature T1, wherein T1 is less than Tj.