Patent ID: 8059400
Filing Date: 2011-11-15
Classification: F28D,H01L,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of forming a structure, said method comprising forming an interposer adapted to be interposed between a heat source and a heat sink and to transfer heat from the heat source to the heat sink, said interposer comprising an enclosure that encloses a cavity, said enclosure being made of a thermally conductive material, said cavity comprising a thermally conductive foam material therein, said foam material comprising pores and comprising at least one serpentine channel, each serpentine channel having a plurality of contiguously connected channel segments, each serpentine channel independently forming a closed loop or an open ended loop, said foam material adapted to be soaked by a liquid filling said pores, each serpentine channel being adapted to be partially filled with a fluid that serves to transfer heat from the heat source to the heat sink.