Patent ID: 7443684

Claim:
A heat sink apparatus, comprising: a heat-generating member; a substrate, adapted on the heat-generating member; and a heat sink member, adapted on the substrate, and comprising: a plurality of first longitudinally extended members, at least a portion of the plurality of first longitudinally extended members contacting the substrate at a non-perpendicular angle; a plurality of second longitudinally extended members, the plurality of second longitudinally extended members intersecting with at least a portion of the first longitudinally extended members, and the angle between the plurality of second longitudinally extended members and the substrate being non-perpendicular; wherein each second longitudinally extended member crosses alternatingly over and under respective ones of the plurality of first longitudinally extended members to form a woven structure of the heat sink member; wherein each first longitudinally extended member extends in a first direction and each second longitudinally extended member extends in a second direction, the first direction being different than the second direction.