Patent ID: 7017651

Claim:
An apparatus, comprising: a thermally conductive part having a fluid passageway formed therein, the fluid passageway having a fluid entrance and a fluid exit; turbulence inducing structure disposed along said passageway in a manner selected to achieve, in response to fluid flow through said fluid passageway, a predetermined temperature profile along said passageway in said thermally conductive part adjacent to said fluid passageway; wherein said structure includes a plurality of portions which each induce turbulence, wherein each said portion is longitudinally spaced along said passageway by a respective longitudinal distance from every other said portion which is adjacent thereto, wherein said fluid passageway includes a first section and a second section which are separate and which each include at least two of said portions, and wherein said longitudinal distances between said portions in said first section are greater than said longitudinal distances between said portions in said second section; wherein the longitudinal distance between the first section and the fluid entrance is less than the longitudinal distance between the second section and the fluid entrance; and wherein said part includes a cold plate.