Patent ID: 6116039
Filing Date: 2000-09-12
Classification: F25B,F25D,H01L,H05B,H05K

Abstract:
An apparatus for cooling an electrical component of a computing device, 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 coupled to the sorber;wherein the sorber and the evaporator are integrated into a single structure which is adapted to be connected to a circuit board forming a part of the computing device; andwherein the sorbate is desorbed from the sorbent by the electromagnetic waves and the then condensed in the condenser.