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US 12,200,900 · App. 17/386,540 · Granted Jan 14, 2025

Electronic device with heat-conductive cover

Inventors: Li-Hsun Chang (Taoyuan, TW); Kuan-Ying Ou (Taoyuan, TW); Wei-Jen Chen (Taoyuan, TW)
Assignee: HTC Corporation
H05K7/20218H01L25/0657H05K1/0203H05K7/20236H05K7/2039H05K7/205H01L23/427H05K7/20136H05K7/20336
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Patent No.
US 12,200,900
App. No.
17/386,540
Granted
Jan 14, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic device includes a circuit board, a package on package structure, a heat-conducting cover, and a heat-conducting fluid. The circuit board has a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other. The package on package structure is disposed on the first surface. The package on package structure has at least one heat generating element. The heat-conducting cover is disposed on the second surface and is in thermal contact with the circuit board. The heat-conducting cover and the second surface form an enclosed space. The heat-conducting fluid is filled in the enclosed space.

Claims (13)

1. An electronic device, comprising:

a circuit board, having a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other;

a package on package structure, disposed on the first surface, wherein the package on package structure has at least one heat generating element;

a heat-conducting cover, disposed on the second surface and in thermal contact with the circuit board, wherein the heat-conducting cover and the second surface form an enclosed space, an orthogonal projection of the package on package structure on the second surface is at least partially overlapped with an orthogonal projection of the heat-conducting cover on the second surface;

a heat-conducting fluid, filled in the enclosed space; and

a plurality of electronic components, directly disposed on the second surface and located in the enclosed space, wherein the heat-conducting fluid is filled between the electronic components, an inner surface of the heat-conducting cover located in the enclosed space and opposite to the second surface is non-planar, heights of the electronic components are inconsistent, and a distance between one of the electronic components and the inner surface is equal to a distance between another one of the electronic components and the inner surface,

wherein heat generated by the heat generating element is transferred to the heat-conducting cover and the heat-conducting fluid through internal circuits of the circuit board.

2. The electronic device described in claim 1 , wherein the heat-conducting cover has an inlet and an outlet, the inlet is used for the heat-conducting fluid to be filled in the enclosed space, and the outlet is used for air and excess of the heat-conducting fluid to flow out the enclosed space.

3. The electronic device described in claim 1 , wherein the circuit board has a grounding pattern exposed from the second surface, and the heat-conducting cover is in thermal contact with the grounding pattern.

4. The electronic device described in claim 3 , wherein a material of the grounding pattern comprises copper.

5. The electronic device described in claim 1 , further comprising a heat-conducting soft pad disposed between the heat-conducting cover and the second surface, such that the heat-conducting cover is in thermal contact with the circuit board.

6. The electronic device described in claim 1 , wherein the orthogonal projection of the package on package structure on the second surface is completely covered by the orthogonal projection of the heat-conducting cover on the second surface.

7. The electronic device described in claim 1 , wherein the package on package structure further has a chip disposed on the heat generating element.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 8, 2021
From: CHANG, LI-HSUN; OU, KUAN-YING; CHEN, WEI-JEN
To: HTC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 057404/0986 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63114533 · Nov 17, 2020
Related Publication 20220157781A1 · May 19, 2022
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