Patent ID: 7684194

Claim:
A system for cooling an electronic device, the system comprising: a heat sink spaced apart from the electronic device by a gap; and the heat sink configured to introduce one or more feedstreams into the gap, the one or more feedstreams comprising a mixture of micro liquid droplets that are initially atomized within a carrier gas; wherein a weight fraction of the atomized liquid droplets relative to the carrier gas, and a flow rate of the one or more feedstreams are such that first regions of the gap are occupied by the mixture of micro liquid droplets remaining atomized within the carrier gas, and second regions of the gap are occupied by liquid bumps formed form a coalescence of micro liquid droplets that are no longer atomized; and wherein; the first regions of the gap are occupied by the mixture of micro liquid droplets remaining atomized within the carrier gas corresponds to regions of greater distance between the electronic device and the heat sink, with respect to the second regions of the gap occupied by the liquid bumps formed form the coalescence of micro liquid droplets that are no longer atomized.