FINNED-TUBE HEAT EXCHANGERS AND COLD PLATES, SELF-COOLING ELECTRONIC CO MPONENT SYSTEMS USING SAME, AND METHODS FOR COOLING ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS USING SAME

摘要

The heat exchange system for conducting heat away heat-producing electroniccomponents (22) comprising a metal tube (10) defining a flow channel for acooling fluid, wherein the tube (10) has an inner surface (17) that comprisesa plurality of integral fins (12), and an outer surface (11, 13, 15) that isin direct contact with the heat producing components (22). The inventionfurther provides a self-cooling, self-supporting electronic assembly thatcomprises one or more high-power electronic devices (22), the heat exchangesystem (10) and an attaching system (23, 25, 46) for attaching high-powerelectronic devices (22) to the heat exchange system (10). The inventionfurther provides a method of cooling a heat producing means.