Patent ID: 7408778

Claim:
A method for dissipating a thermal load, the method comprising: receiving, in a heat sink base, a thermal load from a thermal source; transferring the thermal load to heat-dissipating fins mounted on the heat sink base through a conductive heat path, further comprising transferring the thermal load into a thermal transport in a hollowed cavity enclosed within each heat-dissipating fin; and transferring the thermal load along a convective heat path enclosed within each heat-dissipating fin to distribute the thermal load, further comprising generating, by a pair of electrodes inside each heat-dissipating fin, an electric current through the thermal transport within each heat-dissipating fin, and generating, by a magnet mounted adjacent to the heat-dissipating fins, a magnetic field through the thermal transport within each heat-dissipating fin, the magnetic field passing through the electric current and oriented to induce a force on the thermal transport along the convective heat path.