Patent ID: 9166135
Filing Date: 2015-10-20
Classification: F28D,H01L,Y02E

Abstract:
1. An optical/electrical transducer apparatus, comprising: a housing having a section that is thermally conductive and a member that is at least partially optically transmissive, the optically transmissive member being connected to the thermally conductive section of the housing to form a seal for a vapor tight chamber; a working fluid within the chamber, wherein pressure within the chamber configures the working fluid to absorb heat during operation of the apparatus, to vaporize at a relatively hot location as the working fluid absorbs heat, to transfer heat to and condense at a relatively cold location, and to return as a liquid to the relatively hot location; and a wicking structure in contact with the working fluid comprising semiconductor nanowires within the chamber configured as an active driven part of an optical/electrical transducer and configured to be driven to emit light from within the chamber through or to be driven by light received in the chamber via the optically transmissive member.