Patent ID: 8713957

Claim:
A cooling apparatus comprising: a housing at least partially surrounding and forming a fluid-tight compartment about at least one electronic component to be cooled; a dielectric fluid disposed within the fluid-tight compartment, wherein the at least one electronic component to be cooled is immersed within the dielectric fluid; a vapor-condenser comprising a plurality of thermally conductive condenser fins extending within the fluid-tight compartment; a heat sink comprising a first region and a second region, the first region of the heat sink being in thermal contact with the vapor-condenser; and a thermal conduction path coupling the fluid-tight compartment and the second region of the heat sink in thermal contact, the thermal conduction path comprising a thermoelectric array including at least one thermoelectric module, the thermoelectric array facilitating controlled transfer of heat from the fluid-tight compartment to the second region of the heat sink through the thermal conduction path.