Patent ID: 6868602
Filing Date: 2005-03-22
Classification: H04B,H05K,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of manufacturing a structural frame for dissipating heat from an electronic device, comprising: providing a base polymer matrix; mixing a thermally conductive filler material into said base polymer matrix to form molding material having a uniform distribution of said conductive filter material throughout said entire molding material; net-shape injection molding said molding material into a highly thermally conductive structural frame for supporting electronic components, wherein said thermal conductivity of said structural frame creates a thermally conductive pathway through the structural frame from an interior portion of said frame to an exterior portion of said frame; providing an electronic circuit board, said electronic circuit board having a heat generating electronic component disposed thereon; and mounting said electronic circuit board in direct physical contact with the interior portion of said structural frame with said electronic component being in thermal communication with said structural frame via said electronic circuit board; conducting heat from said heat generating electronic component along said thermally conductive pathway from said interior portion of said structural frame to said exterior portion of said structural frame; and dissipating said conducted heat to the atmosphere from said exterior portion of said structural frame.