Patent ID: 8665595

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a thermally conductive section having a side which faces in a direction approximately parallel to an axis, and which is adapted to be thermally coupled to a circuit component; and a fluid supply section disposed on a side of said thermally conductive section opposite from said side facing in said direction and operable to direct a fluid flow along said axis toward said thermally conductive section, said thermally conductive section causing said fluid flow to split into a plurality of flow portions which each flow through said thermally conductive section in a direction approximately parallel to a plane perpendicular to said axis, said flow portions exiting said thermally conductive section at a plurality of respective locations which are disposed along a substantial portion of the periphery of said thermally conductive section; wherein said plurality of flow portions each flow away from said axis through said thermally conductive section in a respective one of at least three directions that each extend approximately radially of said axis; and said thermally conductive section further having a plurality of fins which projects outwardly from said side of said thermally conductive section opposite from said side facing in said direction, said fins being arranged in at least three groups which are distributed angularly about said axis, the fins in each said group extending approximately parallel to each other, at least one said fin of each said group extending approximately radially of said axis.