Rotatable cold plate assembly for cooling pluggable modules
摘要
說(shuō)明書(shū)
Liquid Cooled Cold Plate: As used herein, “l(fā)iquid cooled cold plate” and “cold plate” refer to a device that receives heat from a solid body via conduction (contact) and dissipates that heat into liquid coolant that flows on or through the cold plate. The liquid coolant is either (a) in direct contact with the cold plate (e.g., flowing through an interior chamber of the cold plate) or (b) flowing through a pipe/tube that is in contact with the cold plate.
Thermal Interface Material (TIM): As used herein, “thermal interface material” and “TIM” refer to relatively thin, thermally conductive, and compliant (easily deformable) material placed between two devices at their thermal interface to improve heat transfer rates by filling air gaps that would otherwise occur between the devices due to surface roughness and/or misalignment. Common examples include thermal gap pads, thermal grease, and thermal paste.
Thermally couple: As used herein, to “thermally couple” two objects means to provide a thermally conductive pathway between the objects that allows heat to be conducted between the objects. Two objects may be considered to be thermally coupled if any of the following are true: (1) the two objects are in contact with one another (either direct contact, or contact via a TIM), (2) the objects are both thermally coupled to a thermal transfer device (or to a chain of thermally coupled thermal transfer devices), or (3) a heat transfer coefficient between the two objects is 10 W·m?2·K?1 or greater.
