Pulsating vapor chamber
A pulsating vapor chamber has an inner board, a first outer board, a second outer board, an asymmetric loop, and a working fluid. The inner board has a first surface and a second surface. The first and second outer boards are mounted on the first surface and the second surface of the inner board respectively. The asymmetric loop is located between the first and second outer boards and has multiple channels communicating with each other in sequence. A part of the channels are formed between the first outer board and the inner board, and the remaining channels are formed between the second outer board and the inner board. With the asymmetric loop, even if the vapor chamber is disposed horizontally, pressure may be changed by different amount in the channels so that the working fluid is still able to oscillate or circulate.
1. A pulsating vapor chamber comprising:
an inner board having
a first surface, and
a second surface opposite the first surface;
a first outer board mounted on the first surface of the inner board;
a second outer board mounted on the second surface of the inner board;
a path formed between the first outer board and the second outer board, the path comprising a first end and a second end, the path extending between the first end and the second end;
a communicating channel formed between the first outer board and the second outer board, the communicating channel comprising a third end and a fourth end, the communicating channel extending between the third end and the fourth end;
a first hole formed through the first surface and the second surface of the inner board, the first hole communicating with the first end of the path;
a second hole formed through the first surface and the second surface of the inner board, the second hole communicating with the second end of the path; and
a working fluid in the path,
wherein the third end of the communicating channel communicates with the first end of the path, and the fourth end of the communicating channel communicates with the second end of the path.
2. The pulsating vapor chamber as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the path is formed through the inner board, or on the inner board.
3. The pulsating vapor chamber as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the communicating channel comprises a groove concaved on any or all of a first inner surface of the first outer board, a second inner surface of the second outer board, the first surface of the inner board, and the second surface of the inner board.
4. The pulse vapor chamber of claim 1 , wherein the communicating channel is formed between the inner board and one or both of the first outer board and the second outer board.
5. The pulse vapor chamber of claim 4 , wherein
the communicating channel is formed on any or all of an inner surface of the first outer board, an inner surface of the second outer board, the first surface of the inner board, and the second surface of the inner board, and
the third end of the communicating channel communicates with the first hole and the fourth end of the communicating channel communicates with the second hole.
6. The pulse vapor chamber of claim 5 , wherein the communicating channel comprises a groove concaved on any or all of the inner surface of the first outer board, the inner surface of the second outer board, the first surface of the inner board, and the second surface of the inner board.
7. The pulsating vapor chamber as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the path comprises:
a plurality of first channels formed through the first surface to the second surface of the inner board; and
a plurality of second channels formed through the first surface to the second surface of the inner board.
8. The pulsating vapor chamber as claimed in claim 7 , wherein
each of said plurality of first channels comprises a first slit through the inner board; and
each of said plurality of second channels comprises a second slit through the inner board.
9. The pulsating vapor chamber as claimed in claim 7 , wherein
the path comprises:
a large path, the first channels being of the large path and defined as large channels; and
a small path, the second channels being of the small path and defined as small channels, and
sectional areas of the small channels are smaller than those of the large channels.
10. The pulsating vapor chamber as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the plurality of the first channels and the plurality of the second channels are arranged in a staggered manner and the plurality of the first channels and the plurality of the second channels communicating with each other.
11. The pulsating vapor chamber as claimed in claim 9 , wherein
the plurality of the first channels and the plurality of the second channels are arranged in a staggered manner and the plurality of the first channels and the plurality of the second channels communicating with each other, and
each of the large channels communicates with two adjacent ones of the small channels, and each small channels communicate with two adjacent ones of the large channels.
12. The pulsating vapor chamber as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the staggered manner arrangement comprises at least:
a lower end of a first of the plurality of the large channels in communication with a lower end of a first of the plurality of the small channels;
an upper end of the first of the plurality of the small channels in communication with an upper end of a second of the plurality of the large channels; and
a lower end of the second of the plurality of large channels in communication with a lower end of a second of the plurality of small channels.
13. The pulsating vapor chamber of claim 7 , further comprising connecting portions, wherein each of the connecting portions is configured to communicate one of the plurality of the first channels and one of the plurality of the second channels.
14. The pulse vapor chamber of claim 1 , wherein
the path comprises:
a plurality of first channels formed through the first surface to the second surface of the inner board; and
a plurality of second channels formed through the first surface to the second surface of the inner board;
the first hole communicates with one of the first channels; and
the second hole communicates with one of the second channels.
15. The pulse vapor chamber of claim 4 , wherein
the communicating channel comprises a slit through the inner board, and
the third end of the communicating channel communicates with the first hole and the fourth end of the communicating channel communicates with the second hole.