METHODOLOGY OF COOLING MULTIPLE HEAT SOURCES IN A PERSONAL COMPUTER THROUGH THE USE OF MULTIPLE FLUID-BASED HEAT EXCHANGING LOOPS COUPLED VIA MODULAR BUS-TYPE HEAT EXCHANGERS

• Main Authors: CHOW, NORMAN, BREWER, RICHARD, GRANT, HOM, JAMES
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 21.02.2008
• Subjects: BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; BLASTING; CALCULATING; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; COMPUTING; COUNTING; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; ELECTRIC SOLID STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ELECTRICITY; HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL; HEAT-EXCHANGE APPARATUS, NOT PROVIDED FOR IN ANOTHER SUBCLASS,IN WHICH THE HEAT-EXCHANGE MEDIA DO NOT COME INTO DIRECT CONTACT; HEATING; LIGHTING; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; PHYSICS; PRINTED CIRCUITS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; WEAPONS

A cooling system is used to cool heat generating devices within a personal computer. The cooling system has a first fluid loop and an expandable array of one or more second fluid loops. For each of the second fluid loops, heat generating devices transfer heat to fluid flowing through corresponding h...