Flow Diversion Heat Sinks For Temperature Uniformity in Back to Back Multi-processor Configurations

摘要

A system for maintaining heat sink temperature uniformity in a system with pairs of substantially similar components mounted on a surface in close proximity and substantially aligned with an air flow, where the air flow is divided into a plurality of air flows by dividers radiating upward from the heat sink bases' top surfaces and containing cooling fins on the heat sink on only one side of the divider, where each airflow is diverted past the cooling fins of at least one of the heat sinks without significant pre-heating and through the cooling fins of at least one of the other heat sinks.