Cold plate
A cold plate is provided and includes: a housing disposed with a chamber; a base combined with the housing to form a working space separated from the chamber but connected with the chamber through an interconnecting structure to allow a working medium to flow within the chamber and the working space; a heat transfer structure disposed on the inner side of the base; and a pump disposed within the working space to drive the working medium in the working space. As such, the cold plate can provide better heat dissipation performance.
1. A cold plate, comprising:
a housing provided with a chamber;
a base combined with the housing to form a working space separated from the chamber and connected to the chamber and the working space via an interconnecting opening to allow a working medium to flow in the chamber and the working space;
heat transfer fins disposed on an inner side of the base for transferring thermal energy created by a heat source in contact with an outer side of the base to the working medium in the working space;
a first pump disposed in the working space for partitioning the working space into a heat absorption space and a drainage space and for driving the working medium to flow from the heat absorption space to the drainage space; and
a second pump disposed in the chamber for driving the working medium to flow from the chamber to the heat absorption space via the interconnecting opening.
2. The cold plate of claim 1 , further comprising a baffle disposed between the base and the housing for jointly forming the chamber with the housing, wherein the second pump is disposed on the baffle.
3. The cold plate of claim 2 , wherein the baffle includes a diversion groove and the interconnecting opening, the diversion groove is formed on the baffle and one end of which is located at the tangent direction of an edge of the second pump, and the interconnecting opening is located at other end of the diversion groove and penetrates through the baffle.
4. The cold plate of claim 3 , wherein the diversion groove is formed by sidewalls protruding from a surface of the baffle, or formed by a groove recessed into the surface of the baffle.
5. The cold plate of claim 3 , wherein the baffle further includes a connecting portion and a shaft fastening portion on which the second pump is disposed, the shaft fastening portion is located at a center of the connecting portion for securing a shaft of the second pump, and the connecting portion includes a recessed cross-shaped groove for guiding the working medium.
6. The cold plate of claim 5 , further comprising a ring piece provided between the second pump and the cross-shaped groove, wherein a portion of the cross-shaped groove is exposed from the ring piece and the connecting portion.
7. The cold plate of claim 6 , further comprising a Mylar ring piece provided between the second pump and the shaft fastening portion, wherein the ring piece and the connecting portion are integrally formed.
8. The cold plate of claim 5 , further comprising a retaining wall provided on the baffle to partition the chamber into at least two spaces, wherein the second pump, the diversion groove, the interconnecting opening, the connecting portion, and the shaft fastening portion are all located in one of the at least two spaces.
9. The cold plate of claim 5 , wherein the housing further includes a pump chamber and a circular sidewall provided at periphery of the pump chamber, the pump chamber is configured for receiving the second pump, and the circular sidewall is configured for separating the pump chamber and the chamber and being fluidly connected with the cross-shaped groove and the diversion groove after the housing is combined with the baffle.
10. The cold plate of claim 1 , wherein the base further includes a connecting portion and a shaft fastening portion on which the first pump is disposed, the shaft fastening portion is located at a center of the connecting portion for securing a shaft of the first pump, and the connecting portion includes a plurality of recessed grooves for guiding the working medium.
11. The cold plate of claim 10 , wherein the plurality of grooves are arranged at equal angles, and one of the plurality of grooves extends in parallel with an extending direction of the heat transfer fins.
12. The cold plate of claim 10 , further comprising a ring piece provided between the first pump and the plurality of grooves.
13. The cold plate of claim 12 , further comprising a Mylar ring piece provided between the first pump and the shaft fastening portion, wherein the ring piece and the connecting portion are integrally formed and through which the plurality of grooves penetrate.
14. The cold plate of claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of channels, wherein one of the plurality of channels is interconnected with the drainage space, while rest of the plurality of channels are interconnected with the chamber.
15. The cold plate of claim 1 , wherein the interconnecting opening is correspondingly located at one end of the heat transfer fins, and the first pump is correspondingly located at other end of the heat transfer fins.
16. The cold plate of claim 1 , further comprising a recess formed on the inner side of the base corresponding to periphery of the heat transfer fins, wherein the recess receives the working medium flowing through the interconnecting opening.