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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F28—HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
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- the disclosure generally relates to thermal modules, and more particularly to a thermal module incorporating a plate type heat pipe.
- the thermal module includes a blower for generating forced airflow, a fin unit arranged at an air outlet of the blower, and a heat pipe.
- the heat pipe includes an evaporating section attached to the electronic component to absorb heat therefrom, and a condensing section attached to the fin unit to transfer the heat of the electronic component to the fin unit.
- the forced airflow of the blower can take away the heat after flows through the fin unit.
- most of electronic devices that contain electronic components therein, such as a laptop computer do not have enough space therein, and thus a size of the heat pipe is usually limited. Accordingly, a heat transfer capability of the heat pipe is limited, which means that the heat of the electronic component can not be timely transferred to the fin unit for dissipation.
- FIG. 1 is an isometric, assembled view of a thermal module according to an exemplary embodiment.
- FIG. 2 is an isometric, exploded view of the thermal module of FIG. 1 .
- FIG. 3 is a cross sectional view showing the thermal module of FIG. 1 assembled onto an electronic component.
- FIG. 4 is similar to FIG. 3 , but shows a thermal module with an alternative heat pipe.
- a thermal module for cooling plural electronic components 90 which are mounted on a circuit board 80 of an electronic device including a blower 10 , a fin unit 20 and a heat pipe 30 .
- a blower 10 a blower 10 , a fin unit 20 and a heat pipe 30 .
- FIG. 3 although only one electronic component 90 is shown for simplifying the drawings, it is to be understood that other electronic components 90 not shown in FIG. 3 can be assembled to the thermal module in the same way for cooling.
- the blower 10 is for generating forced airflow, and includes a fan housing 12 and an impeller 14 rotatably received in the fan housing 12 .
- a circular air inlet 120 is defined in a top side of the fan housing 12 .
- An air outlet 122 is defined in a lateral side of the fan housing 12 .
- the air outlet 122 is rectangular, and is perpendicular to the air inlet 120 .
- the fin unit 20 is arranged at the air outlet 122 of the blower 10 .
- the fin unit 20 includes a plurality of fins 22 stacked together.
- a channel 24 is defined between neighboring fins 22 and communicates with the air outlet 122 .
- the heat pipe 30 is in plate type, and has a profile substantially being Z-shaped.
- the heat pipe 30 forms an evaporation section 31 and a condensation section 33 at two ends thereof, respectively.
- the evaporation section 31 is attached to the electronic components 90 to absorb heat therefrom.
- the condensation section 33 is linear-shaped, and attaches to the fin unit 20 . The heat of the electronic components thus can be transferred to the fin unit 20 by the heat pipe 30 for dissipation.
- the evaporation section 31 of the heat pipe 30 is substantially L-shaped, and includes an elongated portion 312 extending perpendicularly from an end of the condensation section 33 , and an end portion 314 extending perpendicularly from the elongated portion 312 .
- the end portion 314 is parallel to the condensation section 33 .
- the end portion 314 and the condensation section 33 are respectively located at opposite sides and opposite ends of the elongated portion 312 of the heat pipe 30 .
- a plurality of through holes 38 are defined in the evaporation section 31 of the heat pipe 30 for fixing members, such as screws to extend therethrough and be secured to the circuit board 80 , thus to assemble the thermal module onto the electronic components 90 .
- the heat pipe 30 includes a sealed tube 37 , a wick structure 39 and a working fluid.
- the tube 37 is made of metal with high heat conductivity coefficient, such as copper or its alloy.
- the tube 37 includes a top plate 36 , a bottom plate 32 and a side plate 34 interconnecting outer peripheries of the top plate 36 and the bottom plate 32 . Cooperatively the top plate 36 , the bottom plate 32 and the side plate 34 define a vacuum chamber 35 in the tube 37 .
- the working fluid is filled in the chamber 35 , and has a relatively lower pressure and boiling point.
- the wick structure 39 is disposed in the chamber 35 of the heat pipe 30 soaked with the working fluid. A plurality of pores are defined in the wick structure 39 to generate a capillary force to the working fluid.
- the top plate 36 of the heat pipe 30 includes three portions, i.e., a first portion 330 at the condensation section 33 of the heat pipe 30 , a second portion 369 at the elongated portion 312 of the evaporation section 31 , and a third portion 367 at the end portion 314 of the evaporation section 31 .
- the first portion 330 is planar and attaches to a bottom side of the fin unit 20 closely, whilst the second portion 369 and the third portion 367 of the top plate 36 are used to contact the electronic components 90 .
- the second portion 369 and the third portion 367 of the top plate 36 form a plurality of contacting members 360 depressed downwardly therefrom for accommodating the electronic components 90 therein. Shapes, sizes, and positions of the contacting members 360 are decided according to an arrangement of the electronic components 90 .
- the plurality of contacting members 360 can have different shapes, areas and depths. In this embodiment, four separated contacting members 360 are shown, in which one contacting member 360 is defined in the third portion 367 of the top plate 36 , i.e., at the end portion 314 of the evaporation section 31 , and the other three contacting members 360 are defined in the second portion 369 of the top plate 36 , i.e., at the elongated portion 312 of the evaporation section 31 .
- the heat pipe 30 can be used to absorb heat from four electronic components 90 at the same time.
- Each contacting member 360 is located at a middle of the top plate 36 , with a width smaller than that of the evaporation section 31 of the heat pipe 30 .
- Two opposite lateral sides, i.e., left and right sides of each contacting member 360 respectively space a distance from the side plate 34 of the tube 37 of the heat pipe 30 .
- Each of the contacting members 360 includes a base 361 and a flange 362 around the base 361 .
- the base 361 is substantially square or rectangular, and is lower than the top plate 36 of the heat pipe 30 .
- the flange 362 is perpendicular to the base 361 , and connects the base 361 to the top plate 36 of the heat pipe 30 .
- a concave 363 is defined in the top plate 36 above each base 361 and surrounded by a corresponding flange 362 .
- a depth of the chamber 35 of the heat pipe 30 at the contacting members 360 is less than that at other portion of the evaporation section 31 of the heat pipe 30 without the contacting members 360 .
- the wick structure 39 is sintered powders.
- the wick structure 39 is arranged in the middle of the chamber 35 of the heat pipe 30 .
- a width of the wick structure 39 is smaller than that of the heat pipe 30 , but larger than that of each of the contacting members 360 .
- the wick structure 39 includes a planar bottom side attaching to the bottom plate 32 of the tube 37 of the heat pipe 30 , and a non-planar top side attaching to the top plate 36 of the tube 37 .
- Four recesses are defined in the top side of the wick structure 39 receiving the contacting members 360 of the top plate 36 therein.
- the wick structure 39 covers the contacting members 360 entirely, including the bases 361 and the flanges 362 , and covers a portion of the top plate 36 around the contacting members 360 .
- a passage 60 is defined between each lateral side of the wick structure 39 and the side plate 34 of the tube 37 of the heat pipe 30 .
- the top side of the condensation section 33 of the heat pipe 30 attaches to the bottom side of the fin unit 20 directly.
- the electronic components 90 are attached to the top plate 36 of the evaporation section 31 of the heat pipe 30 at the contacting members 360 .
- Each electronic component 90 enters into a corresponding concave 363 , with an outer surface 92 thereof attaching to a corresponding base 361 closely. Therefore, the electronic components 90 are partly received in the concaves 363 of the heat pipe 30 .
- Other part of the heat pipe 30 without the contacting members 360 extend toward the circuit board 80 to be adjacent to the circuit board 80 . Therefore, spaces around the electronic components 90 are utilized to accommodate the heat pipe 30 , and a size, particularly a thickness, of the heat pipe 30 is increased, whilst a size of the electronic device which incorporates the thermal module does not need change.
- the working fluid in the wick structure 39 of the heat pipe 30 absorbs the heat generated by the electronic components 90 and evaporates. Then the vapor moves to the condensation section 33 along the passages 60 at the lateral sides of the wick structure 39 to release the heat thereof to the fin unit 20 . The vapor cools and condenses at the condensation section 33 . The condensed working fluid returns to the evaporation section 31 by the capillary force of the wick structure 39 , and evaporates into vapor again thereat. Since the heat pipe 30 of the thermal module has an enlarged size, a heat transfer capability of the heat pipe 30 is enhanced, whereby the heat of the electronic components 90 can be continuously and timely transferred to the fin unit 20 by the heat pipe 30 . Finally the airflow of the blower 10 flowing across the fin unit 20 can take away the heat to an outside. Therefore, the thermal module can cool plural electronic components 90 simultaneously. A utilization efficiency of the thermal module is accordingly enhanced.
- FIG. 4 shows a thermal module with an alternative heat pipe 50 .
- the difference between this heat pipe 50 and the previous heat pipe 30 is the wick structure 59 .
- the wick structure 59 has a width substantially equaling to that of the chamber 55 of the heat pipe 50 , and abuts the side plate 54 of the tube 57 at lateral sides thereof.
- the wick structure 59 is substantially U-shaped, includes a main body 590 and a pair of protrusions 592 extending upwardly from lateral sides of the main body 590 , respectively.
- the main body 590 has a thickness equaling to a depth of the chamber 55 of the heat pipe 50 at the contacting members 560 .
- a bottom side of the main body 590 abuts the bottom plate 52 of the heat pipe 50
- a top side of the main body 590 of the wick structure 59 abuts the bases 561 of the contacting members 560 .
- Other portion of the top plate 56 around the contacting members 560 is spaced from the main body 590 .
- the protrusions 592 extend from the top side of the main body 590 to abut lateral sides of the top plate 56 adjacent to the side plate 54 of the tube 57 of the heat pipe 20 .
- a passage 70 is defined between the pair of protrusions 592 over the main body 590 for movement of the vapor.
- the contacting members 560 are located in the passage 70 .
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- 1. Technical Field
- The disclosure generally relates to thermal modules, and more particularly to a thermal module incorporating a plate type heat pipe.
- 2. Description of Related Art
- With continuing development of the electronic technology, electronic components such as CPUs are generating more and more heat which is required to be dissipated immediately. A thermal module is usually adopted for cooling the electronic component.
- Generally, the thermal module includes a blower for generating forced airflow, a fin unit arranged at an air outlet of the blower, and a heat pipe. The heat pipe includes an evaporating section attached to the electronic component to absorb heat therefrom, and a condensing section attached to the fin unit to transfer the heat of the electronic component to the fin unit. Thus the forced airflow of the blower can take away the heat after flows through the fin unit. However, most of electronic devices that contain electronic components therein, such as a laptop computer, do not have enough space therein, and thus a size of the heat pipe is usually limited. Accordingly, a heat transfer capability of the heat pipe is limited, which means that the heat of the electronic component can not be timely transferred to the fin unit for dissipation.
- For the foregoing reasons, therefore, there is a need in the art for a thermal module which overcomes the limitations described.
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FIG. 1 is an isometric, assembled view of a thermal module according to an exemplary embodiment. -
FIG. 2 is an isometric, exploded view of the thermal module ofFIG. 1 . -
FIG. 3 is a cross sectional view showing the thermal module ofFIG. 1 assembled onto an electronic component. -
FIG. 4 is similar toFIG. 3 , but shows a thermal module with an alternative heat pipe. - Referring to
FIGS. 1 and 3 , a thermal module for cooling pluralelectronic components 90 which are mounted on acircuit board 80 of an electronic device is shown, including ablower 10, afin unit 20 and aheat pipe 30. InFIG. 3 , although only oneelectronic component 90 is shown for simplifying the drawings, it is to be understood that otherelectronic components 90 not shown inFIG. 3 can be assembled to the thermal module in the same way for cooling. - Referring to
FIG. 2 , theblower 10 is for generating forced airflow, and includes afan housing 12 and animpeller 14 rotatably received in thefan housing 12. Acircular air inlet 120 is defined in a top side of thefan housing 12. Anair outlet 122 is defined in a lateral side of thefan housing 12. Theair outlet 122 is rectangular, and is perpendicular to theair inlet 120. Thefin unit 20 is arranged at theair outlet 122 of theblower 10. Thefin unit 20 includes a plurality offins 22 stacked together. Achannel 24 is defined between neighboringfins 22 and communicates with theair outlet 122. - The
heat pipe 30 is in plate type, and has a profile substantially being Z-shaped. Theheat pipe 30 forms anevaporation section 31 and acondensation section 33 at two ends thereof, respectively. Theevaporation section 31 is attached to theelectronic components 90 to absorb heat therefrom. Thecondensation section 33 is linear-shaped, and attaches to thefin unit 20. The heat of the electronic components thus can be transferred to thefin unit 20 by theheat pipe 30 for dissipation. - The
evaporation section 31 of theheat pipe 30 is substantially L-shaped, and includes anelongated portion 312 extending perpendicularly from an end of thecondensation section 33, and anend portion 314 extending perpendicularly from theelongated portion 312. Theend portion 314 is parallel to thecondensation section 33. Theend portion 314 and thecondensation section 33 are respectively located at opposite sides and opposite ends of theelongated portion 312 of theheat pipe 30. A plurality of throughholes 38 are defined in theevaporation section 31 of theheat pipe 30 for fixing members, such as screws to extend therethrough and be secured to thecircuit board 80, thus to assemble the thermal module onto theelectronic components 90. - Referring to
FIG. 3 , theheat pipe 30 includes a sealedtube 37, awick structure 39 and a working fluid. Thetube 37 is made of metal with high heat conductivity coefficient, such as copper or its alloy. Thetube 37 includes atop plate 36, abottom plate 32 and aside plate 34 interconnecting outer peripheries of thetop plate 36 and thebottom plate 32. Cooperatively thetop plate 36, thebottom plate 32 and theside plate 34 define avacuum chamber 35 in thetube 37. The working fluid is filled in thechamber 35, and has a relatively lower pressure and boiling point. Thewick structure 39 is disposed in thechamber 35 of theheat pipe 30 soaked with the working fluid. A plurality of pores are defined in thewick structure 39 to generate a capillary force to the working fluid. - Referring to
FIG. 2 again, thetop plate 36 of theheat pipe 30 includes three portions, i.e., afirst portion 330 at thecondensation section 33 of theheat pipe 30, asecond portion 369 at theelongated portion 312 of theevaporation section 31, and athird portion 367 at theend portion 314 of theevaporation section 31. Thefirst portion 330 is planar and attaches to a bottom side of thefin unit 20 closely, whilst thesecond portion 369 and thethird portion 367 of thetop plate 36 are used to contact theelectronic components 90. - The
second portion 369 and thethird portion 367 of thetop plate 36 form a plurality of contactingmembers 360 depressed downwardly therefrom for accommodating theelectronic components 90 therein. Shapes, sizes, and positions of the contactingmembers 360 are decided according to an arrangement of theelectronic components 90. The plurality of contactingmembers 360 can have different shapes, areas and depths. In this embodiment, four separated contactingmembers 360 are shown, in which one contactingmember 360 is defined in thethird portion 367 of thetop plate 36, i.e., at theend portion 314 of theevaporation section 31, and the other three contactingmembers 360 are defined in thesecond portion 369 of thetop plate 36, i.e., at theelongated portion 312 of theevaporation section 31. Thus theheat pipe 30 can be used to absorb heat from fourelectronic components 90 at the same time. - Each contacting
member 360 is located at a middle of thetop plate 36, with a width smaller than that of theevaporation section 31 of theheat pipe 30. Two opposite lateral sides, i.e., left and right sides of each contactingmember 360 respectively space a distance from theside plate 34 of thetube 37 of theheat pipe 30. Each of the contactingmembers 360 includes abase 361 and aflange 362 around thebase 361. Thebase 361 is substantially square or rectangular, and is lower than thetop plate 36 of theheat pipe 30. Theflange 362 is perpendicular to thebase 361, and connects thebase 361 to thetop plate 36 of theheat pipe 30. A concave 363 is defined in thetop plate 36 above eachbase 361 and surrounded by acorresponding flange 362. Thus, a depth of thechamber 35 of theheat pipe 30 at the contactingmembers 360 is less than that at other portion of theevaporation section 31 of theheat pipe 30 without the contactingmembers 360. - In this embodiment, the
wick structure 39 is sintered powders. Thewick structure 39 is arranged in the middle of thechamber 35 of theheat pipe 30. A width of thewick structure 39 is smaller than that of theheat pipe 30, but larger than that of each of the contactingmembers 360. Thewick structure 39 includes a planar bottom side attaching to thebottom plate 32 of thetube 37 of theheat pipe 30, and a non-planar top side attaching to thetop plate 36 of thetube 37. Four recesses are defined in the top side of thewick structure 39 receiving the contactingmembers 360 of thetop plate 36 therein. Thus thewick structure 39 covers the contactingmembers 360 entirely, including thebases 361 and theflanges 362, and covers a portion of thetop plate 36 around the contactingmembers 360. Apassage 60 is defined between each lateral side of thewick structure 39 and theside plate 34 of thetube 37 of theheat pipe 30. - When assembled, the top side of the
condensation section 33 of theheat pipe 30 attaches to the bottom side of thefin unit 20 directly. Theelectronic components 90 are attached to thetop plate 36 of theevaporation section 31 of theheat pipe 30 at the contactingmembers 360. Eachelectronic component 90 enters into a corresponding concave 363, with anouter surface 92 thereof attaching to acorresponding base 361 closely. Therefore, theelectronic components 90 are partly received in theconcaves 363 of theheat pipe 30. Other part of theheat pipe 30 without the contactingmembers 360 extend toward thecircuit board 80 to be adjacent to thecircuit board 80. Therefore, spaces around theelectronic components 90 are utilized to accommodate theheat pipe 30, and a size, particularly a thickness, of theheat pipe 30 is increased, whilst a size of the electronic device which incorporates the thermal module does not need change. - During operation, the working fluid in the
wick structure 39 of theheat pipe 30 absorbs the heat generated by theelectronic components 90 and evaporates. Then the vapor moves to thecondensation section 33 along thepassages 60 at the lateral sides of thewick structure 39 to release the heat thereof to thefin unit 20. The vapor cools and condenses at thecondensation section 33. The condensed working fluid returns to theevaporation section 31 by the capillary force of thewick structure 39, and evaporates into vapor again thereat. Since theheat pipe 30 of the thermal module has an enlarged size, a heat transfer capability of theheat pipe 30 is enhanced, whereby the heat of theelectronic components 90 can be continuously and timely transferred to thefin unit 20 by theheat pipe 30. Finally the airflow of theblower 10 flowing across thefin unit 20 can take away the heat to an outside. Therefore, the thermal module can cool pluralelectronic components 90 simultaneously. A utilization efficiency of the thermal module is accordingly enhanced. -
FIG. 4 shows a thermal module with analternative heat pipe 50. The difference between thisheat pipe 50 and theprevious heat pipe 30 is thewick structure 59. In this embodiment, thewick structure 59 has a width substantially equaling to that of thechamber 55 of theheat pipe 50, and abuts theside plate 54 of thetube 57 at lateral sides thereof. Thewick structure 59 is substantially U-shaped, includes amain body 590 and a pair ofprotrusions 592 extending upwardly from lateral sides of themain body 590, respectively. Themain body 590 has a thickness equaling to a depth of thechamber 55 of theheat pipe 50 at the contactingmembers 560. A bottom side of themain body 590 abuts thebottom plate 52 of theheat pipe 50, and a top side of themain body 590 of thewick structure 59 abuts thebases 561 of the contactingmembers 560. Other portion of thetop plate 56 around the contactingmembers 560 is spaced from themain body 590. Theprotrusions 592 extend from the top side of themain body 590 to abut lateral sides of thetop plate 56 adjacent to theside plate 54 of thetube 57 of theheat pipe 20. Apassage 70 is defined between the pair ofprotrusions 592 over themain body 590 for movement of the vapor. The contactingmembers 560 are located in thepassage 70. - It is to be understood, however, that even though numerous characteristics and advantages of the disclosure have been set forth in the foregoing description, together with details of the structure and function of the disclosure, the disclosure is illustrative only, and changes may be made in detail, especially in matters of shape, size, and arrangement of parts within the principles of the disclosure to the full extent indicated by the broad general meaning of the terms in which the appended claims are expressed.
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