US5360993A
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Cooling unit capable of speedily cooling an integrated circuit chip
Assignee: NEC Corp
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Filing: 1992-10-20
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Granted: 1994-11-01
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Expires: 2012-10-20
Abstract
Abstract In a cooling unit for use in combination with a cooling medium supplying unit (37) and for cooling at least one integrated circuit chip (31), a heat transfer tube (47) passes a cooling medium and is supported by a hat (21) with a gap left between the tube and the chip. The tube may be electrically conductive and put in contact with an electric conductor bump attached on the chip. The cooling medium supplying unit may comprise a cooling plate (39) having first and second paths (101, 105) for passing the cooling medium. The cooling unit may comprise first and second heat transfer tubes associated with the first and the second paths. Each of the first and the second tubes is supported with the gap left between each of the first and the second tubes and each of first and second chips. The first and the second tubes may be electrically conductive and put in contact with the bumps. The first chip may have primary first and second bumps. The second chip may have secondary first and second bumps. The first tube may be put in contact with the primary and the secondary first bumps. The second tube may be put in contact with the primary and the secondary second bumps.
Inventors
- 👤 Shinji Mine
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 14:50
CPC Classifications
H; H10; H10W; H10W40/00; H10W40/70; H10W40/77; H10W40/776; H10W40/774
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim
207 words
A cooling unit for use in combination with a cooling medium supplying unit for supplying a cooling medium to said cooling unit, said cooling unit being for use with an integrated circuit chip mounted on a substrate, said integrated circuit chip having a first principal surface on which a first and a second electric conductor bump is attached, said cooling unit comprising: a first heat transfer tube having a first tube inlet and a first tube outlet for passing said cooling medium from said first tube inlet to said first tube outlet, said first heat transfer tube being electrically conductive; a second heat transfer tube having a second tube inlet and a second tube outlet for passing said cooling medium from said second tube inlet to said second tube outlet, said second heat transfer tube being electrically conductive; and tube supporting means for supporting said first heat transfer tube put in contact with said first electric conductor bump and said second heat transfer tube put in contact with said second electric conductor bump, said first electric conductor bump being for receiving a first voltage through said first heat transfer tube, said second electric conductor bump being for receiving a second voltage through said second heat transfer tube.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
207 words
A cooling unit for use in combination with a cooling medium supplying unit for supplying a cooling medium to said cooling unit, said cooling unit being for use with an integrated circuit chip mounted on a substrate, said integrated circuit chip having a first principal surface on which a first and a second electric conductor bump is attached, said cooling unit comprising: a first heat transfer tube having a first tube inlet and a first tube outlet for passing said cooling medium from said first tube inlet to said first tube outlet, said first heat transfer tube being electrically conductive; a second heat transfer tube having a second tube inlet and a second tube outlet for passing said cooling medium from said second tube inlet to said second tube outlet, said second heat transfer tube being electrically conductive; and tube supporting means for supporting said first heat transfer tube put in contact with said first electric conductor bump and said second heat transfer tube put in contact with said second electric conductor bump, said first electric conductor bump being for receiving a first voltage through said first heat transfer tube, said second electric conductor bump being for receiving a second voltage through said second heat transfer tube.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
264 words
A cooling unit for use in combination with a cooling medium supplying unit for supplying a cooling medium to said cooling unit, said cooling unit being for use in a first and a second integrated circuit chip mounted on a substrate, said first integrated circuit chip having a first principal surface on which a primary first and a primary second electric conductor bump is attached, said second integrated circuit chip having a second principal surface on which a secondary first and a secondary second electric conductor bump is attached, said cooling unit comprising: a first heat transfer tube having a first tube inlet and a first tube outlet for passing said cooling medium from said first tube inlet to said first tube outlet, said first transfer tube being electrically conductive; a second heat transfer tube having a second tube inlet and a second tube outlet for passing said cooling medium from said second tube inlet to said second tube outlet, said second heat transfer tube being electrically conductive; and tube supporting means for supporting said first transfer tube put in contact with said primary first electric conductor bump and said secondary first electric conductor bump and said second transfer tube put in contact with said primary second electric conductor bump and said secondary second electric conductor bump, said primary first electric conductor bump and said secondary first electric conductor bump being for receiving a first voltage through said first heat transfer tube, and said primary second and secondary second electric conductor bumps being for receiving a second voltage through said second heat transfer tube.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
264 words
A cooling unit for use in combination with a cooling medium supplying unit for supplying a cooling medium to said cooling unit, said cooling unit being for use in a first and a second integrated circuit chip mounted on a substrate, said first integrated circuit chip having a first principal surface on which a primary first and a primary second electric conductor bump is attached, said second integrated circuit chip having a second principal surface on which a secondary first and a secondary second electric conductor bump is attached, said cooling unit comprising: a first heat transfer tube having a first tube inlet and a first tube outlet for passing said cooling medium from said first tube inlet to said first tube outlet, said first transfer tube being electrically conductive; a second heat transfer tube having a second tube inlet and a second tube outlet for passing said cooling medium from said second tube inlet to said second tube outlet, said second heat transfer tube being electrically conductive; and tube supporting means for supporting said first transfer tube put in contact with said primary first electric conductor bump and said secondary first electric conductor bump and said second transfer tube put in contact with said primary second electric conductor bump and said secondary second electric conductor bump, said primary first electric conductor bump and said secondary first electric conductor bump being for receiving a first voltage through said first heat transfer tube, and said primary second and secondary second electric conductor bumps being for receiving a second voltage through said second heat transfer tube.
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