Vapor chamber
A vapor chamber that includes a housing composed of a first sheet and a second sheet facing each other and having outer edge portions thereof joined to each other to define an internal space, the second sheet having a plurality of projecting portions on an inner surface thereof that faces the internal space; a pillar between the first sheet and the second sheet and supporting them from the internal space; a wick arranged in the housing, and a working fluid enclosed in the housing. A first flow path and a second flow path are formed in the internal space, and a cross-sectional area of the second flow path is larger than a cross-sectional area of the first flow path.
1. A vapor chamber comprising:
a housing composed of a first sheet and a second sheet facing each other and having outer edge portions thereof joined to each other to define an internal space, the second sheet having a plurality of projecting portions on an inner surface thereof that faces the internal space;
a pillar between the first sheet and the second sheet and supporting the first sheet and the second sheet from the internal space;
a wick in the internal space of the housing; and
a working fluid in the internal space of the housing,
wherein a first flow path is formed between adjacent projecting portions of the plurality of projecting portions together with the wick,
as viewed in a plan view of the vapor chamber, a second flow path is formed in a terminal region between the pillar and the joined outer edge portions along at least one side of the housing, and the second flow path is surrounded by only the second sheet, the projecting portions, and an end of the wick, and
a cross-sectional area of the second flow path is larger than a cross-sectional area of the first flow path.
2. The vapor chamber according to claim 1 , wherein a third flow path is formed by the first sheet, the second sheet, and the wick along in an inner side portion of the joined outer edge portions of the first sheet and the second sheet.
3. The vapor chamber according to claim 1 , which satisfies the following:
0.001≤b/a≤1.000, and
0.001≤c/a≤0.200,
wherein “a” is a distance from a position at which the first sheet or the second sheet starts deformation to the joint portion,
“b” is a distance between the first sheet and the wick at the position at which the first sheet starts the deformation, and
“c” is a distance between the second sheet and the wick at the position at which the second sheet starts the deformation.
4. The vapor chamber according to claim 3 , which satisfies the following:
0.020≤b/a≤0.400, and
0.001≤c/a≤0.050.
5. The vapor chamber according to claim 3 , which satisfies the following:
0.050≤b/a≤0.100, and
0.006≤c/a≤0.020.
6. The vapor chamber according to claim 1 , wherein a distance between the wick and the projecting portions is equal to or less than 100 μm.
7. The vapor chamber according to claim 1 , wherein a central plane of the wick is located in a range of ±30 μm from a joint surface of the first sheet and the second sheet in a direction measured perpendicular to the inner surface of the second sheet and an opposing inner surface of the first sheet.
8. The vapor chamber according to claim 1 , wherein a central plane of the wick is located in a range of ±20 μm from a joint surface of the first sheet and the second sheet in a direction measured perpendicular to the inner surface of the second sheet and an opposing inner surface of the first sheet.
9. The vapor chamber according to claim 1 , wherein a central plane of the wick is located in a range of ±5 μm from a joint surface of the first sheet and the second sheet in a direction measured perpendicular to the inner surface of the second sheet and an opposing inner surface of the first sheet.
10. The vapor chamber according to claim 1 , wherein the second flow path is formed in the terminal region between the pillar and the joined outer edge portions along at least two sides of the housing by only the second sheet, the projecting portions, and an end of the wick.
11. The vapor chamber according to claim 1 , wherein the second flow path is formed in the terminal region between the pillar and the joined outer edge portions along all sides of the housing by only the second sheet, the projecting portions, and an end of the wick.
12. The vapor chamber according to claim 1 , wherein the wick is interposed between the pillar and the plurality of projections.
13. A heat dissipation device that includes the vapor chamber according to claim 1 .
14. An electronic apparatus comprising:
the vapor chamber according to claim 1 , wherein the vapor chamber is arranged in the electronic apparatus at a position where a heat source of the electronic apparatus does not overlap with the second flow path of the vapor chamber in the plan view of the electronic apparatus.