Patent ID: 6736192
Filing Date: 2004-05-18
Classification: F28F,G06F,H01L,Y10S

Abstract:
A flow field based cooler for a CPU, the cooler comprising:a cooling base having a top surface, a bottom surface opposite the top surface, a length and a width, with the cooling base having an array of recess recesses on the loop surface, with each recess of the array of recesses being spaced from and not interconnected with the remaining recesses of the array of recesses, with the bottom surface of the cooling base being rested disposed on the CPU; an orifice plate having a length and a width corresponding respectively to the length and width of the cooling base, with the orifice plate having a top face and a bottom face opposite to the top face, with the orifice plate having an array of orifices, with each orifice of the array of orifices extending from the top face to the bottom face, with each orifice of the array of orifices corresponding to one of the recesses of the array of recesses, with the orifice plate having a tab at each of two opposite sides along the length of the orifice plate, with the tabs extending perpendicular from the bottom face of the orifice plate and being seated on of the cooling base so that the orifice plate is provided above the cooling base, with the orifice plate being spaced from the cooling base by a predetermined separation distance; and a fan secured to the CPU, with the cooling base and the orifice plate being intermediate the fan and the CPU and with the orifice plate being intermediate the fan and the base plate when the fan is secured on the CPU; wherein the fan when operating generates flow from the fan through the array of orifices and into the array of recesses to generate vortical flow structures with enhanced turbulence on each recess of the array of recesses by impinging jets of air through each orifice and onto the recesses through the orifices, thereby dissipating heat generated by the running CPU.