Heat sink for use in cooling an integrated circuit

摘要

An apparatus for removing heat from an electronic component. In one embodiment, a heat generating device is mounted to a top-side surface of a package substrate. A fluid flow channel that is defined at least partially by a portion of the back-side surface of the substrate is provided for passing a cooling medium. This configuration permits the cooling medium to be in direct contact with the back-side surface of the substrate, thus, reducing the overall thermal resistance between the heat generating device and cooling medium.