Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.
Thermal management with variable conductance heat pipe
Photonic and electronic integrated circuits can be cooled using variable conductance heat pipes containing a non-condensable gas in addition to a phase-changing working fluid. To package the heat pipe with a subassembly including the integrated circuits in a standard housing providing a heat sink contact area, the heat pipe is oriented, in some embodiments, with its axis between evaporator and condenser ends substantially perpendicular to the direction along which the integrated circuit subassembly is separated from the heat sink contact area, and a portion of the exterior surface of the heat pipe is thermally insulated, with a suitable thermal insulation structure, from the heat sink contact area.
Juniper Networks, Inc.
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Theodore J. Christopher Paul Brian Robert Gregory Alan Robert S. Roberto
Schmidt Wyland Koch Fish Guzzon Marcoccia