Patent ID: 7420808

Claim:
A liquid-based cooling system for cooling an electronics system, the cooling system comprising: a monolithic structure preconfigured for cooling multiple heat generating electronic components of the electronics system when coupled thereto, the monolithic structure comprising: multiple liquid-cooled cold plates configured and disposed in spaced relation to engage respective heat generating electronic components of the multiple heat generating electronic components to be cooled; a plurality of coolant-carrying tubes metallurgically bonded in fluid communication with the multiple liquid-cooled cold plates; a liquid-coolant header subassembly metallurgically bonded in fluid communication with multiple coolant-carrying tubes of the plurality of coolant-carrying tubes, the liquid-coolant header subassembly comprising a coolant supply header bonded in fluid communication with multiple coolant supply tubes of the multiple coolant-carrying tubes and a coolant return header bonded in fluid communication with coolant return tubes of the multiple coolant-carrying tubes, wherein when in use, the multiple liquid-cooled cold plates engage the respective heat generating electronic components of the multiple heat generating electronic components, and liquid coolant is distributed through the liquid-coolant header subassembly and plurality of coolant-carrying tubes to the multiple liquid-cooled cold plates for removal of heat generated by the respective heat generating electronic components; wherein each heat generating electronic component to be cooled comprises at least one bare die, and wherein a surface of each liquid-cooled cold plate of the multiple liquid-cooled cold plates is configured to directly attach to the at least one bare die of the respective heat generating electronic component; and wherein at least one heat generating electronic component to be cooled comprises multiple bare dies, and wherein the surface of the liquid-cooled cold plate configured to couple to the at least one heat generating electronic component having the multiple bare dies is designed to directly attach to the multiple bare dies, the multiple bare dies comprising at least one primary heat generating die and at least one secondary heat generating die, and wherein the liquid-cooled cold plate configured to couple thereto comprises liquid-cooled channels disposed to extend over the at least one primary heat generating die without extending over the at least one secondary heat generating die when the liquid-cooled cold plate is in operative engagement with the at least one heat generating electronic component comprising the multiple bare dies.