Patent ID: 6744136
Filing Date: 2004-06-01
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
A sealed liquid cooled electronic device comprising:a heat-generating electronic device; a heat transfer fluid wherein the heat transfer fluid is an electrically insulative liquid; a housing, wherein the heat-generating electronic device is suspended in the heat transfer fluid and wherein the heat transfer fluid is sealed within the housing, and wherein the housing comprises a sealed enclosure having a plurality of through conductors, a thermally conductive portion of the sealed enclosure, and an electrically insulative portion of the sealed enclosure, wherein the plurality of through conductors extend through the electrically insulative portion of the sealed enclosure, and wherein the heat-generating electronic device has a plurality of electrodes and one of the plurality of electrodes is electrically connected to one of the plurality of through conductors and another of the plurality of electrodes is electrically connected to another of the plurality of through conductors; and wherein the heat transfer fluid is in direct contact with at least a portion of the thermally conductive portion of the sealed enclosure.