Patent ID: 7660125

Claim:
A circuit card assembly (CCA) comprising: a printed circuit board (PCB) having first and second opposing major faces with at least one elongated edge extending therebetween and along at least a portion of a side of said PCB; at least one heat management layer within said PCB, said at least one heat management layer extending to said at least one elongated edge, an edge of said at least one heat management layer exposed at said at least one elongated edge along said first and second opposing major faces; a thermally conductive bar located at said at least one elongated edge, said thermally conductive bar flush with said first opposing major face and having a thickness that is greater than a thickness of said PCB; and a first thermally conducting material connecting said exposed edge of said at least one heat management layer to said thermally conductive bar to facilitate conducting heat away from said at least one heat management layer directly to said thermally conductive bar via said exposed edge and said first thermally conducting material.