Patent ID: 6504722
Filing Date: 2003-01-07
Classification: H05K

Abstract:
An electronic module for a computer that has a motherboard with an associated electrical connection portion for receiving the electronic module, the module comprising:an interconnection board having major, planar panels and peripheral sides, the board having, at one side, a portion that is removably connectable with the connection portion of the computer for electrical interconnection between the electronic module and the motherboard; a plurality of packaged electronic component chips mounted on at least one of the major panels of the interconnection board; a cover having major, planar panels and peripheral sides, the cover extending adjacent to the panel of the interconnection board on which the packaged electronic component chips are mounted; and a thermally conductive element connected with the cover and pressing against one of the packaged electronic component chips; the cover being spaced from the interconnection board and the packaged electronic component chips a distance such that convective air flow caused by heat from the packaged electronic component chips moves between the cover and the interconnection board around the packaged electronic component chips, and the cover having a thickness between its major panels sufficiently small to dissipate heat conducted to the cover.