Patent ID: 7743820

Claim:
A liquid cooling unit for an electronic device, comprising: a circulation/heat-dissipation main loop including: a reservoir tank storing a liquid coolant; a cooling plate provided on electric elements, and absorbs heat from the electric elements; a main pump circulating the liquid coolant of said reservoir tank into the cooling plate; and a main heat exchanger dissipating heat from the liquid coolant released from said cooling plate, and then returns the same to said reservoir tank; a circulation/dissipation sub-loop including: the reservoir tank; an auxiliary heat exchanger; and a sub-pump supplying the liquid coolant of said reservoir tank directly into the auxiliary heat exchanger, the auxiliary heat exchanger further dissipating heat from the liquid coolant and the returning the same to said reservoir tank, a controller configured to increase a flow rate of the sub-pump when the temperature of the liquid coolant in the reservoir tank exceeds a threshold temperature.