Patent ID: 8542488

Claim:
A cooling apparatus, comprising: a printed circuit (PC) board having a top side and a bottom side; an integrated circuit (IC) socket mounted onto the top side of the PC board; a mounting frame generally in the shape of a plate with a first opening passing through the center of the plate, the mounting frame mounted on the top side of the PC board with the IC socket located inside the first opening; a cold plate attached to the mounting frame, the cold plate having a second opening that passes through the cold plate, the second opening aligned with the first opening in the mounting frame and sized to allow an IC to be inserted into the IC socket through the second opening; a fluid passageway formed inside the cold plate; a fluid inlet port and a fluid outlet port mounted on the cold plate and coupled to a first end and a second end of the fluid passageway, respectively; a heat spreader removably attached to a top side of the cold plate wherein a bottom side of the heat spreader is configured to contact a top side of an IC when the IC is mounted in the IC socket.