CPC H05K 7/20254 (2013.01) [F28F 3/12 (2013.01); H01L 23/473 (2013.01); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12)] | 9 Claims |
1. A cold plate apparatus comprising:
walls that surround an active volume adjacent to an inlet plenum, wherein the walls include an inlet opening at one end of a top side of the inlet plenum and a plenum opening between the inlet plenum and the active volume, wherein the walls comprise a top plate, a bottom plate, and a stack of at least three intermediate plates between the top plate and the bottom plate; and
a blocker that partially separates the inlet plenum from the active volume, wherein the blocker is structurally configured to preferentially redirect flow from the inlet plenum into the active volume;
wherein portions of the at least three intermediate plates form a deflector that protrudes from an outer wall of the inlet plenum toward the active volume, and wherein a bottommost of the intermediate plates protrudes further toward the active volume than does a topmost of the intermediate plates.
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