Patent ID: 6570762
Filing Date: 2003-05-27
Classification: H04Q

Abstract:
A telecommunications system comprising:a. a module rack providing a core bay and defining a service plane and a rack interface plane, wherein the service plane is transverse to the rack interface plane and the core bay is in part bounded by the service plane and the rack interface plane; b. a series of electronics modules each defining an electronics orientation plane, each said electronics module including two opposed cooling surfaces oriented substantially parallel to the electronics orientation plane, each said electronics module being removably secured within the core bay, said series of electronics modules forming an array such that their electronics orientation planes are substantially perpendicular to both the rack interface plane and the service plane, the array defining a plurality of coolant stream passages extending across the cooling surfaces defined by said electronics modules, said coolant stream passages being implemented by and between adjacent modules of the array, with said coolant stream passages thus defined being parallel to one another and transverse to the rack interface plane and providing uniform cooling capacity; and c. a coolant mover for moving a coolant through the coolant stream passages and across the rack interface plane thus convecting heat away from the cooling surfaces of said electronics modules.