Patent ID: 6038878
Filing Date: 2000-03-21
Classification: F25B,F25D,H01L,H05B,H05K

Abstract:
An apparatus for cooling an electrical component which comprises:at least one sorber having a housing forming an enclosure,a sorbent located within the enclosurethe sorber including at least one port through which a sorbate may be communicated to the sorbent;wherein the sorbate is adsorbed by the sorbent to form a sorbate/sorbent compound:an electromagnetic wave generator coupled to the sorber:wherein electromagnetic waves transmitted by the electromagnetic wave generator are propagated through the enclosure to desorb the sorbate from the sorbate/sorbent compound;wherein the sorbate/sorbent compound is not heated by the electromagnetic waves to a degree sufficient to thermally desorb the sorbate from the sorbate/sorbent compound:a condenser connected downstream of the sorber in communication with the enclosure;an evaporator connected between the condenser and the port and coupled in heat-exchange relation to the electrical component, anda controllable valve interposed between the condenser and the evaporator;wherein sorbate which is desorbed in the sorber is condensed in the condenser and then controllably released into the evaporator to create a cooling effect and thereby cool the electrical component, after which the sorbate is drawn back into the sorber.