Patent ID: 7861768

Claim:
A heat sink, comprising: a main heat pipe; at least one pair of auxiliary heat pipes coupled to said main heat pipe, said auxiliary pipes extending substantially perpendicular to said main heat pipe, and the combined diameter of each said at least one pair of auxiliary pipes is substantially similar to the diameter of said main heat pipe; a base plate, said base plate having channels to receive said main heat pipe and said auxiliary heat pipes, said base plate extending substantially perpendicular to a plane of a heat source with which said heat sink is used; a diamond copper composite heat spreader disposed between the base plate and the heat source; and a plurality of fins coupled to opposite sides of said base plate, said fins extending substantially parallel to the plane of said heat source; wherein heat from the heat source is conducted through the heat spreader to the base plate and dissipated through the at least one heat pipe and the plurality of fins.