Patent ID: 6698499
Filing Date: 2004-03-02
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
A method of dissipating heat from a heat source comprising:providing a cooling device including: a) a chamber having an open end; b) a plurality of heat conductive members surrounding said chamber; c) a plurality of openings, each of said plurality of openings located between two of said plurality of heat conductive members; d) a heat conductive base portion defining an opposite closed end of said chamber and having a surface adapted to contact said heat source; contacting said surface with said heat source; conducting heat from said heat source into said plurality of heat conductive members; removing heat from said plurality of heat conductive members by moving air along an intake airflow path into said chamber through said plurality of openings and independently through said open end; removing additional heat from said heat conductive members by moving air along an exhaust airflow path out of said chamber through said plurality of openings.