Patent ID: 8537548

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: one or more fixed triangular shaped vortex generators with a base arranged on a surface of an electronic component and an opposing tip angled away from the electronic component to create a triangular ramp surface, the one or more fixed triangular shaped vortex generators arranged to define an open space between the one or more fixed triangular shaped vortex generators and the surface of the electronic component on which the one or more fixed triangular shaped vortex generators are mounted; and an air mover operative to provide a flow of air over the triangular ramp surface of the one or more fixed vortex generators, the one or more fixed vortex generators arranged to promote turbulence in the flow of air via the formation of small eddies that are shed in a wake of the flow of air as it passes over the fixed vortex generators to enhance the exchange of thermal energy of the electronic component.