Patent ID: 7770630

Claim:
A thin-profile condenser, comprising: a cover plate; a channeled base member having an external wall extending around a periphery thereof to which a cover plate is secured so as to define a sealed cavity; a pair of capillary walls, each capillary wall including a portion disposed substantially adjacent to a portion of the external wall so as to define a pair of capillary channels, said capillary walls dividing the sealed cavity into a condensing region and the capillary channels; a pair of inner walls, each internal wall coupled to a corresponding one of the pair of capillary walls to create a thermal isolation area between each inner wall and its corresponding capillary wall, wherein there is neither liquid nor vapor in the thermal isolation areas; a vapor inlet port to receive a working fluid in a vapor state operatively coupled to the sealed cavity; and a first liquid output port from which the working fluid exits the condenser, operatively coupled to an outlet end of each capillary channel.