Patent ID: 6032477
Filing Date: 2000-03-07
Classification: F25B,F25D,H01L,H05B,H05K

Abstract:
An apparatus for cooling an electrical component which comprises:at least one sorber containing a sorbent;a condenser in fluid communication with the sorber;an evaporator in fluid communication with both the sorber and the condenser and coupled in heat-exchange relation to the electrical component;the evaporator comprisingan evaporator housing having a depending shroud adapted to be positioned over the electrical component;a manifold located in the evaporator housing above the shroud;a plurality of holes connecting the manifold with a space encompassed by the shroud;an inlet for providing fluid communication between the manifold and the condenser; andan outlet for providing fluid communication between the space and the sorber;wherein a sorbate which has been condensed in the condenser is evaporated in the evaporator, thereby absorbing heat from the electrical component, and then adsorbed onto the sorbent;an electromagnetic wave generator coupled to the sorber;wherein the sorbate is desorbed from the sorbent by the electromagnetic waves and then condensed in the condenser.