HEAT CONDUCTING PART AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE
20220087073 · 2022-03-17
Inventors
Cpc classification
F28F2225/04
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
F28F3/12
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
F28D15/046
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
F28D2021/0029
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
International classification
Abstract
A heat conducting part is provided. The heat conducting part includes a shell, including an inner layer and an outer layer, where a cavity is enclosed by the inner layer, and the outer layer wraps a periphery of the inner layer; a capillary structure, disposed in the cavity and abutting against the shell; and cooling liquid, located in the cavity, where the inner layer and the outer layer are made of different materials, and a material density of the outer layer is lower than a material density of the inner layer. In the heat conducting part provided in this application, a material with a relatively large density and a stable chemical property may be selected for the inner layer to ensure durability of the heat conducting part.
Claims
1. A heat conducting part, comprising: a shell, comprising an inner layer and an outer layer, wherein a cavity is enclosed by the inner layer, and the outer layer wraps a periphery of the inner layer; a capillary structure, disposed in the cavity and abutting against the shell; and cooling liquid, located in the cavity, wherein the inner layer and the outer layer are made of different materials, and a material density of the outer layer is lower than a material density of the inner layer.
2. The heat conducting part according to claim 1, wherein the inner layer is made of copper or copper alloy.
3. The heat conducting part according to claim 1, wherein the outer layer is made of at least one of aluminum, aluminum alloy, titanium, and titanium alloy.
4. The heat conducting part according to claim 1, wherein the shell comprises a first plate body and a second plate body that are buckled to each other; and the inner layer is located on each of plate surfaces, facing towards each other, of the first plate body and the second plate body, the outer layer is located on each of plate surfaces, facing away from each other, of the first plate body and the second plate body, and the cavity is located between the inner layer of the first plate body and the inner layer of the second plate body.
5. The heat conducting part according to claim 4, wherein the first plate body is provided with a groove recessed along a direction away from the second plate body; and/or the second plate body is provided with a groove recessed along a direction away from the first plate body.
6. The heat conducting part according to claim 4, wherein at least one supporting column is disposed in the cavity; and one end of the at least one supporting column is connected to the inner layer of the first plate body, and the other end of the at least one supporting column is connected to the inner layer of the second plate body.
7. The heat conducting part according to claim 1, wherein at least one supporting column is disposed in the cavity; and the two ends of the at least one supporting column are connected to the shell.
8. The heat conducting part according to claim 6, wherein the at least one supporting column is disposed close to a middle part of the cavity.
9. The heat conducting part according to claim 6, wherein a locating slot is provided in an inner wall of the cavity; and the two ends of the at least one supporting column abut against the locating slot.
10. The heat conducting part according to claim 6, wherein the supporting column is a structure integrally formed with the shell.
11. The heat conducting part according to claim 1, wherein the capillary structure is any one or a combination of a copper mesh, copper fiber, sintered copper powder, and a copper felt.
12. An electronic device, comprising a circuit board, an electric element installed on the circuit board, and a heat conducting part, wherein the heat conducting part comprises: a shell, comprising an inner layer and an outer layer, wherein a cavity is enclosed by the inner layer, and the outer layer wraps a periphery of the inner layer; a capillary structure, disposed in the cavity and abutting against the shell; and cooling liquid, located in the cavity, wherein the inner layer and the outer layer are made of different materials, and a material density of the outer layer is lower than a material density of the inner layer; the heat conducting part is conductively connected to the electric element.
13. The electronic device according to claim 12, wherein the inner layer is made of copper or copper alloy.
14. The electronic device according to claim 12, wherein the outer layer is made of at least one of aluminum, aluminum alloy, titanium, and titanium alloy.
15. The electronic device according to claim 13, wherein the shell comprises a first plate body and a second plate body that are buckled to each other; and the inner layer is located on each of plate surfaces, facing towards each other, of the first plate body and the second plate body, the outer layer is located on each of plate surfaces, facing away from each other, of the first plate body and the second plate body, and the cavity is located between the inner layer of the first plate body and the inner layer of the second plate body.
16. The electronic device according to claim 15, wherein the first plate body is provided with a groove recessed along a direction away from the second plate body; and/or the second plate body is provided with a groove recessed along a direction away from the first plate body.
17. The electronic device according to claim 15, wherein at least one supporting column is disposed in the cavity; and one end of the at least one supporting column is connected to the inner layer of the first plate body, and the other end of the at least one supporting column is connected to the inner layer of the second plate body.
18. The electronic device according to claim 12, wherein at least one supporting column is disposed in the cavity; and the two ends of the at least one supporting column are connected to the shell.
19. The electronic device according to claim 17, wherein the at least one supporting column is disposed close to a middle part of the cavity.
20. The electronic device according to claim 17, wherein a locating slot is provided in an inner wall of the cavity; and the two ends of the at least one supporting column abut against the locating slot.
Description
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[0038] To make the objectives, technical solutions, and advantages of this application clearer, the following further describes this application in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
[0039] Terms used in the following embodiments are merely intended for a purpose of describing a particular embodiment, and are not intended to limit this application. As used in the specification of this application and the appended claims, singular expressions such as “a”, “an”, “foregoing”, “the”, and “this” are intended to include such expression as “one or more”, unless otherwise expressly specified in the context. It should also be understood that “at least one” and “one or more” in the following embodiments of this application refer to one, two, or more than two. The term “and/or” is used for describing an association relationship between associated objects, and indicates that three relationships may exist. For example, A and/or B may indicate the following three conditions: A exists alone, both A and B exist, and B exists alone, where A and B may be singular or plural. The character “/” generally indicates an “or” relationship between the associated objects.
[0040] Reference to “one embodiment”, “some embodiments”, or the like described in the specification means that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in combination with the embodiment is included in one or more embodiments of this application. Therefore, phrases such as “in one embodiment”, “in some embodiments”, “in other embodiments”, and “in some other embodiments” in various places of this specification do not necessarily all refer to the same embodiment, but rather mean “one or more, but not all, embodiments”, unless otherwise specifically emphasized. The terms such as “include”, “comprise”, “have”, and variations thereof all mean “include but not limited to”, unless otherwise specifically emphasized.
[0041] For ease of understanding of the heat conducting part provided in the embodiments of this application, an application scenario of the heat conducting part is described below. The heat conducting part provided in this application is applied to an electronic device and is used for conducting and diffusing heat generated by a heating element in the electronic device, so as to achieve a purpose of heat dissipation. The electronic device may be specifically a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, or the like.
[0042] Using an example in which the electronic device is a notebook computer, main heating elements in the notebook computer generally include a processor (central processing unit, CPU), a display chip (video chipset, GPU), and the like. A large amount of heat is generated when the processor or the display chip runs. Therefore, in order to prevent working performance of the processor or the display chip from being affected by an excessively high temperature, a heat pipe, a vapor chamber, or the like is disposed in the notebook computer to serve as a heat conducting part and used for dissipating heat of the processor or the display chip.
[0043] The whole vapor chamber is a plate-shaped structure and mainly includes two cover plates mutually sealed. A closed cavity is formed between the two cover plates, any one or a combination of a copper net, copper fiber, sintered copper powder, and a copper felt is disposed inside the cavity to serve as a capillary structure, and the cavity is filled with pure water to serve as cooling liquid. In order to prevent the cover plates from being eroded by the cooling liquid, the two cover plates are usually made of oxygen-free copper. The working principle of the vapor chamber mainly includes four main steps of conduction, evaporation, convection and condensation. Specifically, in the vapor chamber, after being heated, water close to a heat source (for example, one cover plate) rapidly absorbs heat and is gasified to form water vapor, the water vapor is diffused in the cavity, and when the water vapor approaches a cold source (for example, the other cover plate), the water vapor can be rapidly condensed into liquid and release heat. Condensed water flows back to the heat source through the capillary structure, and a heat conduction cycle is completed.
[0044] However, the two cover plates are both made of oxygen-free copper, and a relatively large density of the copper results in a relatively large weight of the whole vapor chamber, which is unfavorable for a lightweight design of the electronic device. Such disadvantage becomes more obvious for a portable electronic device, reducing portability of the electronic device and also degrading user experience.
[0045] A working principle of the heat pipe is similar to that of the vapor chamber. The whole heat pipe is of a long-strip-shaped tubular structure, and the heat pipe has a closed cavity. A capillary structure tightly attached to an inner wall is also disposed in the cavity, and the cavity is filled with water, ethyl alcohol, or a mixed solution of the water and the ethyl alcohol to serve as cooling liquid. In order to prevent a pipe body of the heat pipe from being eroded by water, the heat pipe is usually made of copper. A relatively large density of the copper results in a relatively large weight of the whole heat pipe, which is unfavorable for the lightweight design of the electronic device. Such disadvantage becomes more obvious for a portable electronic device, reducing portability of the electronic device and also degrading user experience.
[0046] In view of this, an embodiment of this application provides a heat conducting part with a light weight, a long service life, and a high structural strength.
[0047] The heat conducting part provided in this embodiment of this application includes a shell, a capillary structure, and cooling liquid. The shell includes an inner layer and an outer layer, where a cavity is enclosed by the inner layer, and the outer layer wraps a periphery of the inner layer. The capillary structure is disposed in the cavity and abuts against the shell. The cooling liquid is located in the cavity. The inner layer and the outer layer are made of different materials, and a material density of the outer layer is lower than a material density of the inner layer.
[0048] During specific implementation, the inner layer is made of copper or copper alloy; and the outer layer is made of aluminum, titanium, aluminum alloy, titanium alloy, or the like. In addition, a thickness ratio of the inner layer to the outer layer may be 1:1, 1:2, 2:1, or the like. That is, a thickness of the inner layer may be greater than, equal to, or less than a thickness of the outer layer; or an overall thickness of the inner layer may be the same or different; and correspondingly, an overall thickness of the outer layer may be the same or different.
[0049] With disposition of the foregoing structure, a material with a relatively large density and a stable chemical property may be selected for the inner layer to ensure durability of the heat conducting part; and a material with a relatively small density may be selected for the outer layer to ensure a structural strength of the shell and reduce an overall weight of the shell, or a material with better heat conducting performance is selected to improve the heat conducting performance of the heat conducting part. Combining the inner layer and the outer layer can not only ensure working stability of the heat conducting part, but also ensure the structural strength of the heat conducting part, to avoid damages caused by external force. In addition, the weight of the shell is effectively reduced, which is conducive to a lightweight design.
[0050] During specific implementation, the overall structure of the shell may be in a variety of forms, for example, may be plate-shaped, tubular, or in other shapes.
[0051] As shown in
[0052] During specific implementation, the shell may be formed by buckling two plate bodies. Referring to
[0053] As shown in
[0054] The inner layers and the outer layers in the first plate body and the second plate body may have various types of structures and manufacturing processes.
[0055] Using the first plate body as an example, as shown in
[0056] In a specific implementation, the inner layer 111 and the outer layer 112 of the first plate body 11 may be separately formed and then combined. Specifically, the inner layer 111 may use a flat plate as a blank, and punching and cutting are performed on the blank according to needs, to obtain a formed inner layer. The outer layer 112 may use a flat plate as a blank, and punching and cutting are performed on the blank according to needs, to obtain a formed outer layer. Then, the formed inner layer and the formed outer layer are combined through processes such as pressing (hot pressing or cold pressing) or welding, so as to complete preparation of the first plate body 11.
[0057] In another specific implementation, the inner layer 111 and the outer layer 112 may be first combined, and the first plate body 11 is then formed. Specifically, the inner layer 111 may use a flat plate as a blank and the outer layer 112 may also use a flat plate as a blank; the blank of the inner layer and the blank of the outer layer are combined through processes such as pressing (hot pressing or cold pressing) or welding, so as to obtain a preformed first plate body; and then punching and cutting are performed on the preformed first plate body according to needs, to complete preparation of the first plate body 11.
[0058] The cavity in the shell is formed by buckling the first plate body 11 and the second plate body 12, and therefore the inner layer of the first plate body and/or the inner layer of the second plate body should be provided with a concave cavity structure, so as to form the cavity after the first plate body and the second plate body are buckled to each other.
[0059] The concave cavity may be specifically formed in a variety of manners, for example, being formed in a punching manner or being formed in an etching and milling manner.
[0060] As shown in
[0061] Certainly, in other embodiments, the inner layer and the outer layer in the first plate body may be alternatively not two separate plates.
[0062] For example, as shown in
[0063] During specific implementation, the outer layer 112 may be treated by using processes such as punching, etching, and milling to form the concave cavity 113, and then the inner layer may be directly formed on a side of the concave cavity of the outer layer 112 in a manner such as electroplating or vapor deposition.
[0064] A specific structure and manufacturing process of the second plate body may be roughly the same as those of the first plate body. A first plate body and a second plate body in a same shell may have substantially the same or different specific structures and manufacturing processes.
[0065] For example, as shown in
[0066] Certainly, in another implementation, the structures of the first plate and the second plate body in the shell may be different. As shown in
[0067] In addition, in order to improve the structural strength of the heat conducting part, in this embodiment provided in this application, the heat conducting part further includes at least one supporting column. The supporting column is disposed in the cavity and configured to support the cavity and prevent the cavity from being deformed by force and becoming smaller.
[0068] During specific implementation, the supporting column may be an independent structural part or may be a structure integrally formed with the first plate body or the second plate body in the shell.
[0069] As shown in
[0070] When the supporting column is installed in the shell, in order to prevent position deviation between the supporting column and the shell, as shown in
[0071] Certainly, in other specific implementations, a locating slot is also provided in the second plate body, or locating slots are provided in both the first plate body and the second plate body, so as to improve a locating precision and connection stability between the supporting column and the shell.
[0072] In addition, in some specific implementations, the supporting column may alternatively be connected to the shell. During specific implementation, one end of the supporting column may be connected to the first plate body, and the other end of the supporting column may abut against the second plate body. Alternatively, one end of the supporting column may be connected to the second plate body, and the other end of the supporting column may abut against the first plate body. The supporting column may be connected to the first plate body or the second plate body in a welding or inserting manner.
[0073] Certainly, in other specific implementations, the supporting column may alternatively be a structure integrally formed with the shell. Specifically, the supporting column may be a structure integrally formed with the first plate body, or may be a structure integrally formed with the second plate body.
[0074] As shown in
[0075] Certainly, the capillary structure needs to be installed between the first plate body and the second plate body before the first plate body and the second plate body are buckled.
[0076] During assembly of all components of the heat conducting part, a proper assembling manner may be selected based on the specific structures of the first plate body and the second plate body.
[0077] For example, as shown in
[0078] During specific implementation, the capillary structure 15 may be any one or a combination of a copper net, copper fiber, sintered copper powder and a copper felt. The capillary structure may be placed in the cavity and abuts against the first plate body 11 and the second plate body 12; or the capillary structure 15 is fixedly connected to the first plate body 11 and/or the second plate body 12.
[0079] During specific application of the heat conducting part 1 of the plate-shaped structure in the foregoing embodiments, one plate surface is disposed close to the heat source or conductively comes in contact with the heat source. Specifically, referring to
[0080] When the heat conducting part is a long-strip-shaped tubular structure shown in
[0081] During specific application of the heat conducting part 1 of the long-strip-shaped tubular structure, one end of the heat conducting part 1 is disposed close to the heat source or conductively comes in contact with the heat source. Specifically, the one end of the heat conducting part may be tightly close to the heat source or conductively come in contact with the heat source through heat-conducting silicone grease to implement fixed connection between the heat conducting part and the heat source. In this case, an evaporation area is formed at one end close to the heat source, and a condensation area is formed at the other end. When heat is conducted to the evaporation area from the heat source, the cooling liquid (a liquid cooling medium) in the cavity starts to be gasified after being heated in a low-vacuum-degree environment, and the whole cavity is rapidly filled with the gasified cooling medium. When a gas-phase working medium comes in contact with the condensation area, the condensation phenomenon is resulted, and heat is released. The condensed cooling liquid flows back to the evaporation area through the capillary structure. In this way, heat conduction and dissipation is implemented in cycles.
[0082] As shown in
[0083] As shown in
[0084] In addition, as shown in
[0085] During specific implementation, the electronic device may be a tablet computer, a notebook computer, a mobile phone, or the like. The electric element may be a CPU, a GPU, or the like.
[0086] In addition, in some specific implementations, the electronic device may be further provided with a fan, heat dissipation fins, and the like to dissipate heat for the heat conducting part, so as to improve heat dissipation effect of the electric element.
[0087] The foregoing descriptions are merely specific implementations of this application, but are not intended to limit the protection scope of this application. Any variation or replacement readily figured out by a person skilled in the art within the technical scope disclosed in this application shall fall within the protection scope of this application. Therefore, the protection scope of this application shall be subject to the protection scope of the claims.