Patent ID: 7606049
Filing Date: 2009-10-20
Classification: G06F,G11C,H01L,H05K

Abstract:
1. A system for extraction of thermal energy from a circuit module, the system comprising: a circuit module comprised of a flex circuit having a first side and a second side opposite to the first side, the first side of said flex circuit having edge connector contacts and each of the first side and the second side being mounted with plural ICs; a single rigid substrate supporting the module and having a bottom edge about which is disposed the flex circuit so as to place the plural ICs mounted on the second side of the flex circuit between the flex circuit and the rigid substrate and the edge connector contacts of the first side of the flex circuit proximal to the bottom edge but facing outward away from the substrate, the rigid substrate being comprised of metallic material, and disposed opposite said bottom edge there being a thermally conductive extension of the rigid substrate substantially perpendicular to the single rigid substrate, a chassis component of a computer system with which the thermally conductive extension is in contact to provide a path for thermal energy from the circuit module to the chassis component, the chassis component being a part of a box within which the circuit module is disposed.