Patent ID: 6055822
Filing Date: 2000-05-02
Classification: F25B,F25D,H01L,H05B,H05K

Abstract:
An apparatus for cooling an electrical component of a computing device having at least one expansion slot, the apparatus comprising:at least one sorber containing a sorbent;a condenser in fluid communication with the sorber;an evaporator in fluid communication with both the sorber and the condenser and coupled in heat-exchange relation to the electrical component;wherein a sorbate which has been condensed in the condenser is evaporated in the evaporator, thereby absorbing heat from the electrical component, and then adsorbed onto the sorbent;an electromagnetic wave generator;a coupling between the electromagnetic wave generator and the sorber; anda circuit board which is adapted to be removably plugged into the expansion slot;wherein the sorber, the electromagnetic wave generator and the coupling are mounted on the circuit board; andwherein the sorbate is desorbed from the sorbent by the electromagnetic waves and then condensed in the condenser.