Open flow cold plate for liquid cooled electronic packages
View Patent ↗A method and associated assembly is provided for cooling of a computing embodiment having electronic components. The heat generating components are disposed in the vicinity of at least one cold plate providing direct liquid cooling. Coolant is provided to the cold plate which will eventually exit it through one or more ports or orifices placed on the sides or both side and bottom of the cold plate. The placement, size and number of port(s) or orifice(s) can be selectively adjusted to control amount of coolant flow. Effluent flow from the cold plate flows over the remaining immersion cooled components and then exits the liquid tight enclosure which houses the electronic components.
1. A cooling apparatus for cooling of an electronics system, the cooling apparatus comprising:
a liquid tight enclosure for providing immersion cooling of the electronics system;
an open flow cold plate disposed within the liquid tight enclosure, the open flow cold plate being associated with the electronics system and having a coolant conduit, the coolant conduit enabled for supplying coolant to said open flow cold plate;
said open flow cold plate comprising at least one orifice on a bottom surface thereof and at least one port on a side surface thereof such that when coolant is supplied to said open flow cold plate, coolant flows out of said open flow cold plate through said at least one port on the side surface and said at least one orifice on the bottom surface to provide immersion cooling through coolant effluent flow emanating from said open flow cold plate to electronic component(s) of the electronics system disposed in said liquid tight enclosure.
2. The cooling apparatus of claim 1 , wherein said cooling apparatus is disposed over a printed circuit board with a substrate, having the electronic component(s).
3. The cooling apparatus of claim 2 , wherein said open flow cold plate is secured to said printed circuit board via a securing means.
4. The cooling apparatus of claim 3 , wherein said securing means comprises a tie down mechanical clamp.
5. The cooling apparatus of claim 3 , wherein said coolant comprises dielectric coolant.
6. The cooling apparatus of claim 4 , wherein a plurality of stand-offs provide a gap between said at least one orifice on the bottom surface of said open flow cold plate and a surface of the electronic component(s).
7. The cooling apparatus of claim 6 , wherein said plurality of stand-offs are selectively adjustable to control distance between said bottom surface and said surface of the electronic component(s).
8. The cooling apparatus of claim 6 , wherein a plurality of ports are provided on opposing sides of said open flow cold plate, adjacent to said bottom surface of said open flow cold plate.
9. The cooling apparatus of claim 8 , wherein number and size of said at least one port and said at least one orifice are selected to control an amount of coolant flow out of said open flow cold plate.
10. A method of cooling electronic components comprising:
disposing the electronic components in a liquid tight enclosure;
disposing at least one open flow cold plate in said liquid tight enclosure to provide cooling for said electronic components;
providing coolant by means of a coolant supply via a coolant conduit to said open flow cold plate;
said open flow cold plate comprising at least one orifice on a bottom surface thereof and at least one port on a side surface thereof such that coolant provided to said open flow cold plate flows out of said open flow cold plate through said at least one port on the side surface and said at least one orifice on the bottom surface to provide immersion cooling through coolant effluent flow emanating from said open flow cold plate to the electronic components disposed within the liquid tight enclosure.