Patent ID: 8031470
Filing Date: 2011-10-04
Classification: H05K

Abstract:
1. A method for thermal management, the method comprising: providing thermal isolation between at least one high-power thermally tolerant electronic component and at least one low-power thermally sensitive electronic component housed within an electrical enclosure; providing a first conductive path from the at least one low-power thermally sensitive electronic component to a first heatsink comprising at least one door including a series of fins; providing a second conductive path from the at least one high-power thermally tolerant electronic component to a second heatsink comprising a structural backplane including a plurality of convective openings, wherein the first conductive path is substantially independent from the second conductive path, and wherein the first heatsink is thermally substantially independent from the second heatsink; dissipating heat generated by the at least one low-power thermally sensitive electronic component to an environment external to the electrical enclosure by channeling the heat generated by the at least one low-power thermally sensitive electronic along the first conductive path to the first heatsink; and dissipating heat generated by the at least one high-power thermally tolerant electronic component to the environment external to the electrical enclosure by channeling the heat generated by the at least one high-power thermally tolerant electronic component along the second conductive path to the second heatsink.