The technique of pressing and bonding copper tubes into aluminum structure in order to produce cold plate assemblies has been done for a number of years by AAVID Corporation.

What makes Vette cold plate unique is the tube itself. By forming a tube in such a shape it presents a larger, wider ‘cold’ surface area to the devices or modules that require cooling. And, by having a cross-sectional aspect ratio of greater than four to one, and having integral forged fins internally, it creates a flow channel that is optimized for the fin pitch and fin height to width ratios. These parameters provide a cooling system that is much greater in performance than what has been achieved by AAVID by simply pressing a smooth bore round copper tube into an aluminum plate.

By the fact that the tube could provide sufficient cooling to a power module without the aluminum carrier block, a simpler, cheaper cooling system, or kit could be produced.

This would allow the end user to position the switching array at any geometry by simply loosening the clamps and sliding the modules into their desired position at any time during the product assembly sequence.

Figures 4.0 and 5.0 depict a two clamp attachment systems whereby power modules could be, mounted to the cooling tubes.

Other applications include the heat sinking of high power magnetic assemblies. This was performed for one of our contacts by compression mounting a system of manifolded tubes against the sides of the magnetic cores of the chokes. See figure 7.0

It may also be possible to cool motor windings using the tube. A radial array of tubes would manifold together at both ends, and then placed against the outer surface of any given winding. Again, this presents a greater surface area to the surface requiring cooling than any round flow tube would.

The tube could also be formed or rolled into a circular form and then around a winding axially.

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