The heat-dissipating substrate structure includes a base layer and a cold spray coating layer. The cold spray coating layer is formed on a surface of the base layer. The cold spray coating layer is a film formed on the surface of the base layer by spraying a solid-phase metal powder and a high-pressure compressed gas onto the base layer. The solid-phase metal powder at least includes a film-forming powder with an apparent density of 3 to 4 g/cm.sup.3 and a median particle diameter (D50) of 30 μm or less. A maximum depth of a bottom of the cold spray coating layer embedded in the base layer is less than 60 μm. A cooler contains an internal cooling fin joined to the base layer. An internal coolant passage is defined between the base layer, the internal cooling fin, and an interior of the cooler.

An apparatus is provided which comprises: a die comprising an integrated circuit, a first material layer comprising a first metal, the first material layer on a surface of the die, and extending at least between opposite lateral sides of the die, a second material layer comprising a second metal over the first material layer, and a third material layer comprising silver particles and having a porosity greater than that of the second material layer, the third material layer between the first material layer and the second material layer. Other embodiments are also disclosed and claimed.

A heat exchange module, a heat exchanger and a method for additively manufacturing the heat exchanger are provided. The heat exchanger includes a plurality of stacked heat exchange modules defining a flow passageway. Each heat exchange module defining a substantially curved closed geometry defining a central axis that extends along the axial direction. Each heat exchange module includes a first heat exchanging fluid inlet, a first heat exchanging fluid outlet and a plurality of heat exchange tubes fluidly coupling the first heat exchanging fluid inlet and the first heat exchanging fluid outlet. The plurality of heat exchange tubes defining a plurality of first heat exchanging fluid flow passages of equal length and a plurality of second heat exchanging fluid flow passages of equal hydraulic diameter.

An aluminum alloy brazing sheet may include a sacrificial material having a function of a brazing material on at least one surface of a core material, wherein the sacrificial material has a composition containing: in a mass %, 2% to 5% of Si; 3% to 5% of Zn; and an Al balance with inevitable impurities the core material is made of an Al—Mn-based alloy, an in the core material before brazing, Al—Mn based secondary particles having an equivalent circle diameter of 100 to 400 nm are distributed with a number density of 0.3 to 5 particles/μm.sup.2.

In a mixed composition coating material for brazing, when a total mass of a solid material, an organic solvent, and water is defined as 100 mass %, the solid material are contained in an amount of 30 mass % or greater and 80 mass % or less with respect to the whole coating material, the organic solvent and the water is contained in a total amount of 20 mass % or greater and 70 mass % or less with respect to the whole coating material, and the water is contained in an amount of 0.4 mass % or greater and 2.5 mass % or less with respect to the whole coating material.

A thermal insulation structure includes an insulation layer having a first surface proximate a cooling device and a second surface opposing the first surface. A heater is disposed proximate the second surface, and a protective layer is disposed proximate the heater layer such that the heater layer is disposed between the insulation layer and the protective layer. The heater layer is configured to reduce frost or ice buildup on an exterior surface of the insulation layer.

A heat exchanger includes a bag-like outer packaging material. A heat medium flows into an inside of the outer packaging material. An inner core material is arranged in the inside of the outer packaging material. The outer packaging material has an outer packaging laminate material including a metal heat transfer layer and a resin thermal fusion layer on a surface side of the heat transfer layer. The outer packaging laminate materials form a bag shape by integrally joining the thermal fusion layers along the peripheral edge portions. The inner core material includes the inner core laminate material with a metal heat transfer layer and resin thermal fusion layers on surface sides of the heat transfer layer. The thermal fusion layers of a concave portion bottom and a convex portion top of the inner core material and the thermal fusion layers of the outer packaging laminate material are integrally joined.

Among two main surfaces of a heat dissipation member, one main surface is curved to be convex in an outward direction and the other convex in an inward direction. When a straight line passing through both endpoints P.sub.1 and P.sub.2 of the curve is l.sub.1, a point at which a distance to l.sub.1 on the curve is maximum is P.sub.max, an intersection point between l.sub.1 and a perpendicular drawn from P.sub.max to l.sub.1 is P.sub.3, a middle point of a line segment P.sub.1P.sub.3 is P.sub.4, an intersection point between the curve and a straight line that passes through P.sub.4 and is perpendicular to l.sub.1 is P.sub.mid, a length of the line segment P.sub.1P.sub.3 is L, a length of a line segment P.sub.3P.sub.max is H, and a length of a line segment P.sub.4P.sub.max is h, (2 h/L)/(H/L) is 1.1 or more.

An aluminum alloy brazing sheet has a 3XXX, 1XXX or 6XXX core, an interliner and a 4XXX brazing layer without added Mg. The interliner has Bi and Mg, the magnesium migrating to the surface of the brazing sheet during brazing and reducing the aluminum oxide to facilitate brazing without flux in a controlled inert atmosphere with reduced oxygen.

An aluminum alloy brazing sheet has a 3XXX, 1XXX or 6XXX core, an interliner and a 4XXX brazing layer without added Mg. The interliner has Bi and Mg, the magnesium migrating to the surface of the brazing sheet during brazing and reducing the aluminum oxide to facilitate brazing without flux in a controlled inert atmosphere with reduced oxygen.