Vapor Chamber Processor Cooler for Quiet High-Heat Dissipation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing processor coolers, particularly for CPUs and GPUs, struggle to effectively dissipate increasing heat output due to performance limitations and noise issues, necessitating improved cooling solutions to prevent throttling and damage.
Innovation Solution
A cooler system utilizing a vapor chamber with a primary cooling fluid that transitions between gas and liquid states to transfer waste heat to a secondary cooling fluid, combined with a cooling channel and fins, allowing efficient heat dissipation without direct processor contact.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Temperature
If liquid coolers are used to cool processors, then cooling efficiency is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs a vapor chamber containing a working fluid that undergoes phase transitions (liquid to vapor and back to liquid) to transfer heat from the processor. The heating surface causes the working fluid to evaporate, and the vapor condenses on the cooling surface, creating a highly efficient heat transfer mechanism that achieves superior cooling performance while maintaining a relatively simple device structure compared to traditional liquid cooling systems.
2Device complexity
If air-based coolers are used to cool processors, then device complexity is reduced, but cooling efficiency deteriorates and noise increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent utilizes a closed-loop vapor compression system where the working fluid circulates between liquid and vapor phases within the vapor chamber. This pneumatic-hydraulic mechanism enables highly efficient heat transfer without requiring complex external pumping systems or large fans, achieving superior cooling efficiency while maintaining simple device architecture and minimizing noise generation.
3Productivity
If processor performance is increased, then productivity is improved, but heat output increases requiring more powerful cooling
Solution Approach 1:
The vapor chamber leverages the latent heat of vaporization and condensation of the working fluid to efficiently manage the increasing heat output from high-performance processors. As the processor generates more heat, the working fluid continuously evaporates at the heating surface and condenses at the cooling surface, providing scalable heat dissipation capacity that matches the increasing thermal load without requiring proportionally larger or more complex cooling systems.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Achieves homogeneous heat dissipation, reduces noise, and enhances cooling efficiency by leveraging phase transition and fluid circulation, minimizing performance loss and component damage.
Implementation Method 1
The heat from the processor causes the first cooling fluid to transition between a gaseous and a liquid state within the vapor chamber. The present invention utilizes this phase transition of the first cooling fluid to transfer the waste heat from the processor to the second cooling fluid.
Implementation Method 2
The processor can be arranged on the first cooling surface of the vapor chamber, thus allowing the processor to be in thermal contact, preferably direct thermal contact, with the first cooling surface. The heat from the processor causes the first cooling fluid to transition between a gaseous and a liquid state within the vapor chamber.
Implementation Method 3
a cooling channel for conveying a secondary cooling fluid through the heat sink... allowing the second cooling fluid to flow through the fins and across the second cooling surface. This arrangement enables the effective and efficient flow of the second cooling fluid through the cooling channel.
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AI summary
The present invention relates to a cooler for cooling a processor, in particular a CPU or a GPU, and a method for cooling a processor using the cooler. The CPU or GPU is typically a component of a desktop PC.