Patent ID: 7428152

Claim:
A localized thermal management system, comprising: a circuit board; a plurality of heat producing devices attached to said circuit board; a thermal management unit; a thermal management system fluidly connected to said thermal management unit, wherein said thermal management system provides thermally conditioned coolant to said thermal management unit and receives waste coolant from said thermal management unit; and a plurality of thermal vias, wherein each of said plurality of thermal vias is in thermal communication with said thermal management unit and at least one of said plurality of heat producing devices; wherein said plurality of thermal vias conduct heat from said plurality of heat producing devices and transfer said heat to said thermal management unit; wherein said thermal management unit applies liquid coolant upon a cooling surface; wherein said cooling surface is in thermal communication with said plurality of thermal vias; at least one of said plurality of heat producing devices positioned within a thermal management chamber of said thermal management unit and at least one of said plurality of heat producing devices positioned externally of said thermal management unit.