Patent ID: 7646608
Filing Date: 2010-01-12
Classification: H01L,H05K

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for coupling a heat-generating device to a heat-removing device comprising: a conformable plate having a first side with a first surface and a second side with a second, opposite surface; a plurality of first channels that intersect with a plurality of second channels recessed in said first surface of said first side each having a depth relative to said first surface; a plurality of third channels recessed in said second, opposite surface of said second side, each of said third channels having a depth relative to said second surface; a plurality of protrusions formed from said first surface and said intersections of said first channels and said second channels, each of said protrusions include a face and walls that surround said face, said face is formed from said first surface, and said walls define a height based on said depth of said first and said second channels, said protrusions are deformable by coupling said conformable plate between the heat-generating device and the heat-removing device; and a pattern of apertures formed through said conformable plate, said first channels and said third channels project inwardly to form said pattern of apertures through said conformable plate in intersections of said first and said third channels.