Patent ID: 7362574

Claim:
A method of fabricating a cooled electronic module comprising: providing a substrate with at least one electronic component coupled to a surface of the substrate; providing a cooling apparatus for cooling the at least one electronic component, wherein providing the cooling apparatus comprises: providing a frame having a frame opening configured to align over a flat surface to be cooled of the at least one electronic component, the flat surface to be cooled comprising a surface of at least one electronic component; providing a manifold disposed over the frame and having an inlet manifold opening and an outlet manifold opening, the inlet manifold opening being in fluid communication with a manifold inlet for supplying coolant, and the outlet manifold opening being in fluid communication with a manifold outlet for removing coolant effluent, the inlet manifold opening being aligned over the frame opening; providing a jet orifice plate associated with the manifold and aligned under the inlet manifold opening, the jet orifice plate comprising a plurality of jet orifices for directing coolant at the at least one electronic component to be cooled, the jet orifice plate being a unitary plate configured with a plurality of jet orifice structures, each jet orifice structure projecting from a lower surface of the jet orifice plate towards the at least one electronic component to be cooled, and wherein the plurality of jet orifice structures are sized and spaced to define coolant effluent removal regions therebetween which facilitate removal of coolant effluent from over a center region of the at least one electronic component to a peripheral region thereof, for removal through the outlet manifold opening of the manifold, thereby reducing pressure drop across the jet orifice plate; wherein the jet orifice plate is a stamped plate of uniform thickness with a plurality of jet orifice structures projecting across the first surface of the jet orifice plate, and wherein the jet orifice structures have a common geometrical configuration; wherein the common geometrical configuration is a conical configuration, and wherein a second surface of the jet orifice plate comprises a plurality of funnels formed by the plurality of jet orifice structures of conical configuration projecting from the first surface of the jet orifice plate, each funnel directing coolant towards a respective jet orifice of the plurality of jet orifice structures for jet impingement on the at least one electronic component; and coupling the frame to the substrate and providing a coolant tight seal around the at least one electronic component to be cooled wherein the plurality of jet orifices inject a plurality of coolant jets for direct impingement on a surface of the at least one electronic component.