Patent ID: 6561261
Filing Date: 2003-05-13
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
A method of manufacturing a heat sink, said method comprising:providing a core member having at least one outer peripheral surface and one first surface, said first surface being adapted to be located adjacent a heat source; providing a plurality of cooling fin devices, each of said cooling fin devices having at least one inner circumferential peripheral surface and at least one cooling fin associated therewith; and locating said at least one inner peripheral surface of each of said cooling find devices adjacent said at least one outer peripheral surface of said core member; said plurality of cooling fin devices providing at least one air channel extending between a point proximate said first surface and a point not proximate said first surface, said at least one air channel being parallel to said at least one outer peripheral surface of said core member, and said at least one air channel being adjacent said at least one cooling fin.