Abstract: An electronic power unit has a substrate with a perpendicular direction and a flat insulating molded body has a metal layer on a first main face and conductor tracks on a second main face. The substrate is in a non-positive locking or materially-bonded manner on a base plate of the electronic power unit. A first fastening device is on the base plate in a non-positive locking manner on a cooling device or a housing section has a second fastening device provided to arrange the substrate in a non-positive locking manner on a cooling device.

Abstract: A first heat sink has a first inner surface and a first outer surface, and has a first through hole. A second heat sink has a second inner surface disposed with a clearance left from the first inner surface of the first heat sink, and a second outer surface opposite to the second inner surface, and has a second through hole. A semiconductor element is disposed within a clearance between the first inner surface of the first heat sink and the second inner surface of the second heat sink. A sealing member seals the semiconductor element within the clearance between the first inner surface and the second inner surface. A first hollow tube is made of metal, and connects the first through hole and the second through hole.

Abstract: A terminal blade for a header assembly includes a first end defining a first axis and being partially coated with an anti-tarnish material and defining an adhesion region spaced from the anti-tarnish material coating. The terminal blade also includes a second end defining a second axis. The terminal blade further includes a bridge extending between the first end and the second end such that the first axis is substantially perpendicular to the second axis.

Abstract: A heat dissipation apparatus includes a heat-conducting plate, where a liquid channel is disposed on a first surface of the heat-conducting plate; a mounting base, where an accommodation cavity configured to accommodate a partial area that is in the heat-conducting plate and that includes a second surface is disposed on the mounting base. The first surface and the second surface are disposed opposite to each other. A pressing plate is configured to fasten the heat-conducting plate in the accommodation cavity. The pressing plate is detachably and firmly connected to the mounting base, a sealing cavity is formed between the pressing plate and the first surface of the heat-conducting plate, and the sealing cavity is configured to accommodate the liquid channel A liquid inlet connector and a liquid outlet connector that are connected to the liquid channel are disposed on the pressing plate.

Abstract: A semiconductor device including a substrate, a semiconductor package, a thermal conductive bonding layer, and a lid is provided. The semiconductor package is disposed on the substrate. The thermal conductive bonding layer is disposed on the semiconductor package. The lid is attached to the thermal conductive bonding layer and covers the semiconductor package to prevent coolant from contacting the semiconductor package.

Abstract: A siphon-based heat sink for a server comprises a heat absorbing mechanism, a siphon mechanism, and a heat sink. The heat absorbing mechanism comprises a base plate and a cover plate. The base plate comprises a bottom plate and multiple sets of heat dissipating fins, and is in contact with the central processing unit. The heat sink comprises a cooling cavity and cooling fins. The evaporation cavity is communicated with the cooling cavity via two siphon tubes to enable heat transfer and circulation of a thermal conductive medium. Lower ends of the two fin plates are positioned close to and fixed to the bottom plate, while upper ends thereof are bent outward to form a curved mechanism, and an included angle between the two fin plates continuously increases from bottom to top.

Abstract: Provided is a cooling unit to be used in an inspection of a semiconductor device. The cooling unit includes a jacket for dissipating heat of the semiconductor device. The jacket is provided with a light passing portion for passing light from the semiconductor device. The jacket has a space defining surface that faces the semiconductor device and defines a space between the space defining surface and the semiconductor device in a state where the light passing portion faces the semiconductor device. The jacket is provided with a supply flow path through which a fluid to be supplied to the space flows.

Abstract: According to an aspect of the first disclosure, a semiconductor device includes a base plate, a case that surrounds a region immediately above the base plate, a semiconductor chip provided in the region, a sealing resin that fills the region and a barrier layer provided on the sealing resin, wherein the barrier layer has a first surface facing the base plate, a second surface opposite to the first surface, and a convex part protruding upward from the second surface, the first surface has a longer distance to the base plate as getting farther from the center, the convex part is provided avoiding the center, and a height of the convex part is greater than a distance in a thickness direction of the barrier layer between a portion of the first surface immediately below the convex part and a portion of the first surface provided at the center.

Abstract: A thermal management system and method for cooling a CT detector assembly of a CT imaging system. The thermal management system uses a combination of air cooling for the readout electronics of the CT detector assembly and liquid cooling for the X-ray sensors of the CT detector assembly. The hybrid air and liquid cooling systems and methods may be coupled together in the thermal management system and method to create a cooler temperature in the CT detector assembly. The CT detector assembly components may include CT detector modules, which may include X-ray sensors, readout electronics and other components.

Abstract: A heat exchange module, comprising an array of microchannels, where the array of microchannels extends in a first direction, and are separated from one another by a first sidewall. The array of microchannels is over a cold plate. A first array of fluid distribution channels is stacked over the array of microchannels and extend in a second direction that is substantially orthogonal to the first direction. The first array of fluid distribution channels extends from the first manifold and terminate between a first manifold and a second manifold. A second array of fluid distribution channels is stacked over the array of microchannels. The first array of fluid distribution channels and the second array of the fluid distribution channels are fluidically coupled to the microchannel array. A wall extends into the microchannel array below a second sidewall separating ones of the first array and ones of the second array of fluid distribution channels.

Abstract: A power electronic arrangement has a plurality of single-phase power semiconductor modules and one multi-phase power semiconductor module, wherein each single-phase power semiconductor module has a first, at least frame-like housing, two first DC voltage terminal elements, a first AC voltage terminal element, first auxiliary terminal elements and a first switching device. The multi-phase power semiconductor module has a second, at least frame-like housing, two second DC voltage terminal elements, at least two second AC voltage terminal elements, second auxiliary terminal elements and a second switching device. The first and second DC voltage terminal elements each form a stack in a section of their length and on the terminal sections are designed identically. All the power semiconductor modules are arranged in a row in the direction of the normal vectors of the respective first longitudinal side.

Abstract: A thermal management module includes a fluid system in fluid communication with a main cooling fluid source; a first cooling fluid manifold, and a second cooling fluid manifold. The first cooling fluid manifold is in fluid communication with the fluid system and provides a cooling fluid between the fluid system and a first server rack adjacent to the thermal management module. The second cooling fluid manifold is in fluid communication with the fluid system and provides the cooling fluid between the fluid system and a second server rack adjacent to the thermal management module. The manifold is in internal position when no rack liquid is needed adjacently, and it is extended to the adjacent rack once fluid distribution is needed from the rack.

Abstract: An integrated circuit assembly may be formed having a substrate, a first integrated circuit device electrically attached to the substrate, a second integrated circuit device electrically attached to the first integrated circuit device, and a heat dissipation device defining a fluid chamber, wherein at least a portion of the first integrated circuit device and at least a portion of the second integrated circuit device are exposed to the fluid chamber. In further embodiments, at least one channel may be formed in an underfill material between the first integrated circuit device and the second integrated circuit device, between the first integrated circuit device and the substrate, and/or between the second integrated circuit device and the substrate, wherein the at least one channel is open to the fluid chamber.

Abstract: A chassis includes top rails extending along a top side of the chassis, bottom rails extending along a bottom side of the chassis, a fluid inlet connected to the chassis that is configured to receive a thermal transfer fluid, and a fluid outlet connected to the chassis that is configured to discharge the thermal transfer fluid. The chassis further includes a thermal transfer fluid path extending between and fluidly coupled to the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet, wherein the thermal transfer fluid is configured to flow through the thermal transfer fluid path, and wherein the thermal transfer fluid path extends in a serpentine pattern through at least one of the top rails and through at least one of the bottom rails.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are channeled lids for integrated circuit (IC) packages, as well as related methods and devices. For example, in some embodiments, an IC package may include a die between a lid and a package substrate. A bottom surface of the lid may include a channel that at least partially overlaps the die.

Abstract: Methods, devices, and systems for double-sided cooling of laser diodes are provided. In one aspect, a laser diode assembly includes a first heat sink, a plurality of submounts spaced apart from one another on the first heat sink, a plurality of laser diodes, and a second heat sink on top sides of the plurality of laser diodes. Each laser diode includes a corresponding active layer between a first-type doped semiconductor layer and a second-type doped semiconductor layer. A bottom side of each laser diode is positioned on a different corresponding submount of the plurality of submounts. The plurality of laser diode are electrically connected in series.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods of determining a maximum allowable air temperature limit for closed loop (CL) control of the inlet boundary or threshold temperature of a given computer expansion slot that contains a particular mating expansion card. The maximum allowable air temperature limit may be determined for closed loop control of the expansion slot inlet boundary temperature by using reverse correlation of an open loop (OL) cooling tier curve that has been designated for open loop control of cooling air velocity provided to the particular expansion card of the given expansion slot. The reverse correlation may be performed in further view of the particular expansion slot airflow characteristics (e.g., maximum expansion slot airflow velocity capacity or limit) corresponding to a expansion card received in a given expansion slot.

Abstract: A compute device includes a printed circuit board, at least three compute subassemblies disposed on the printed circuit board, and a liquid loop. The compute subassemblies disposed on the printed circuit board and each of the three compute subassemblies includes a thermal control plate defining a respective internal conduit therethrough. A temperature controlled liquid circuit circulates through the liquid loop through to control the temperature of each of compute subassemblies in series during operation, the liquid loop including each of the internal conduits in each of the thermal control plates in each of the compute subassemblies.

Abstract: A conformable heat sink interface for an integrated circuit package comprises a mounting plate having a first surface and a deformable membrane having a portion bonded to a second surface of the plate. A cavity is between the second surface of the plate and the deformable membrane. A flowable heat transfer medium is within the cavity. The flowable heat transfer medium has a thermal conductivity of not less than 30 W/m K. The deformable membrane is to conform to a three-dimensional shape of an IC package and the mounting plate has a second surface that is to be adjacent to a heat sink base.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention are directed to heat transfer arrays, cold plates including heat transfer arrays along with inlets and outlets, and thermal management systems including cold-plates, pumps and heat exchangers. These devices and systems may be used to provide cooling of semiconductor devices and particularly such devices that produce high heat concentrations. The heat transfer arrays may include microjets, microchannels, fins, and even integrated microjets and fins.

Abstract: A power conversion apparatus includes an electric component, a housing, and a flow channel formation unit. The electric component configures at least a part of a power conversion circuit. The housing stores the electric component, and the electric component is fixed to the housing. The flow channel formation unit forms a refrigerant flow channel through which a refrigerant flows, and is thermally connected to the electric component. The flow channel formation unit is a member different from the housing, and an elastically deformable spacer is provided between the flow channel formation unit and the housing.

Abstract: A battery pack thermal management system can include a battery pack including a plurality of battery modules encased within a battery case, a coolant line having an inlet and an outlet each penetrating a perimeter of the battery case and at least one thermally activated valve. The at least one thermally activated valve can be configured to spray coolant onto one or more battery modules responsive to a temperature within the battery pack exceeding a temperature threshold. The temperature threshold can be defined based on the temperature of a thermal event occurring within the battery pack which exceeds a normal operating temperature of the battery pack. The coolant line within the battery pack is biased towards the perimeter of the battery case. The battery pack can power a battery electric or hybrid electric vehicle.

Abstract: A power electronics system comprising a environmentally sealed electronics compartment for housing power electronics equipment is provided. The system includes a plenum within the sealed electronic compartment for circulating air. A first liquid cooling loop is configured to cool air flowing through the plenum. A second liquid cooling loop configured to directly cool the power electronics equipment. The system includes a controller configured to independently control the flow rate of the first liquid cooling loop and the second liquid cooling loop.

Abstract: A package structure includes a wafer-form semiconductor package and a thermal dissipating system. The wafer-form semiconductor package includes semiconductor dies electrically connected with each other. The thermal dissipating system is located on and thermally coupled to the wafer-form semiconductor package, where the thermal dissipating system has a hollow structure with a fluidic space, and the fluidic space includes a ceiling and a floor. The thermal dissipating system includes at least one inlet opening, at least one outlet opening and a plurality of first microstructures. The at least one inlet opening and the at least one outlet opening are spatially communicated with the fluidic space. The first microstructures are located on the floor, and at least one of the first microstructures is corresponding to the at least one outlet opening.

Abstract: Some examples described herein provide for three-dimensional (3D) thermal management apparatuses for thermal energy dissipation of thermal energy generated by an electronic device. In an example, an apparatus includes a thermal management apparatus that includes a primary base, a passive two-phase flow thermal carrier, and fins. The thermal carrier has a carrier base and one or more sidewalls extending from the carrier base. The carrier base and the one or more sidewalls are a single integral piece. The primary base is attached to the thermal carrier. The carrier base has an exterior surface that at least a portion of which defines a die contact region. The thermal carrier has an internal volume aligned with the die contact region. A fluid is disposed in the internal volume. The fins are attached to and extend from the one or more sidewalls of the thermal carrier.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application relate to a heat dissipator including a cover plate, an orifice plate, and a base plate that are stacked in sequence. A distribution cavity is disposed between the orifice plate and the cover plate, a heat exchange cavity is disposed between the orifice plate and the base plate, and the distribution cavity communicates with the heat exchange cavity by using through holes disposed on the orifice plate. A plurality of pin fins facing the orifice plate are disposed on a surface of the base plate in the heat exchange cavity, gaps between the plurality of pin fins constitute a fluid passage, and the pin fins include a combination pin fin in contact with the orifice plate, and a flow guiding pin fin that corresponds to the through hole and that has a gap with the through hole.

Abstract: A load bank for testing power sources includes a load resistor assembly having a plurality of resistors which can be switched between wye and delta configurations for testing a variety of voltages and power sources requiring various load applications. First and second power connections are connected with primary and redundant power sources and a relay alternately connects the first and second power connections with the load resistor assembly for alternately testing the primary and redundant power sources while maintaining the sources electrically isolated. A damper is arranged adjacent the load resistor assembly and is operable between an open position which permits cold air to be delivered to the load resistor assembly to cool the assembly when the load bank is operating and a closed position which prevents hot air from being recirculated when the load bank is not operating.

Abstract: Implementations of semiconductor packages may include a first substrate coupled to a first die, a second substrate coupled to a second die, and a spacer included within a perimeter of the first substrate and within a perimeter of a second substrate, the spacer coupled between the first die and the second die, the spacer include a junction cooling pipe therethrough.

Abstract: Coolant-cooled heat sinks and methods of fabrication are provided with a coolant-carrying compartment between a cover and a heat transfer base. The heat transfer base includes a heat transfer surface to couple to a component to be cooled, and a plurality of thermally-conductive fins extending into the coolant-carrying compartment from a surface of the heat transfer base opposite to the heat transfer surface. One or more grooves are provided in an interface surface of the cover and fins, and wicking element(s) are positioned within, at least in part, the groove(s). A joining material is provided between the cover and fins to join the plurality of thermally-conductive fins to the cover. The wicking element(s) within, at least in part, the groove(s) facilitate retaining the joining material over the plurality of thermally-conductive fins during joining of the cover and fins.

Abstract: A semiconductor module comprises a semiconductor apparatus and a cooling apparatus. The semiconductor apparatus includes a semiconductor chip and a circuit board. The cooling apparatus includes: a top plate; a side wall; a bottom plate; a coolant flow portion for causing a coolant to flow defined by the plates and the wall, where a cross section of the portion parallel to a principal surface of the top plate have a substantially rectangular shape with longer sides and shorter sides; an inlet associated with one direction along the shorter sides for letting a coolant into the portion; an outlet associated with another direction along the shorter sides for letting a coolant out of the portion; and a cooling pin fin arranged in the portion, extending between the top plate and the bottom plate, and having a substantially rhombic shape longer along the shorter sides than along the longer sides.

Abstract: An improved phasor estimation method for M-class phasor measurement units (PMUs) with a low computational burden is described. The method contains three steps: 1) A phasor measurement filter is designed by selecting parameters of Taylor weighted least square method to prioritize dynamic phasor accuracy and a high level of suppression on high-frequency interferences; 2) A finite impulse response lowpass filter is designed by the equal-ripple method is put forward to suppress low-frequency interferences; and 3) Phasor amplitude is corrected under off-nominal conditions.

Abstract: A substrate-on-substrate structure and an electronic device including the same are provided, and the substrate-on-substrate structure includes: a first printed circuit board having a first side and a second side, opposite to the first side; a second printed circuit board disposed on the second side of the first printed circuit board, and having a first side connected to the second side of the first printed circuit board and a second side opposite to the first side connected to the second side of the first printed circuit board; a first structure disposed on the second side of the first printed circuit board, and disposed around the second printed circuit board; a second structure disposed on the second side of the second printed circuit board; and a third structure disposed on the first and second structures, and connected to each of the first and second structures.

Abstract: A semiconductor device according to the present invention includes: a through via formed to penetrate a semiconductor substrate; first and second buffer circuits; a wiring forming layer formed in an upper layer of the semiconductor substrate; a connecting wiring portion formed in an upper portion of the through via assuming that a direction from the semiconductor substrate to the wiring forming layer is an upward direction, the connecting wiring portion being formed on a chip inner end face that faces the upper portion of the semiconductor substrate at an end face of the through via; a first path connecting the first buffer circuit and the through via; and a second path connecting the second buffer circuit and the through via. The first path and the second path are electrically connected through the connecting wiring portion.

Abstract: The present application discloses a display panel test circuit and a display panel test device, wherein the test device of the display panel test circuit controls a plurality of switching circuits to be turned on, and a signal generator controls the plurality of switching circuits to be turned off when a first metal layer and the second metal layer are short-circuited.

Abstract: An additively manufactured heat transfer device is disclosed, including an enclosure portion with outer walls. The outer walls contain an inner channel configured to direct a flow of coolant fluid. The heat transfer device further includes a fluid intake port and a fluid outtake port, each connected to the first inner channel. The fluid intake port is configured to direct a flow of coolant fluid through an outer wall of the enclosure portion into the inner channel, and the fluid outtake port is configured to direct a flow of coolant fluid through an outer wall of the enclosure portion out of the inner channel. The inner channel is defined by internal walls, and the enclosure portion and the internal walls form a single additively manufactured unit.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a semiconductor cooling arrangement for cooling semiconductor devices, such as power semiconductors. The semiconductor cooling arrangement comprises one or more semiconductor assemblies located in a chamber within a housing. The housing comprises inlet and outlet ports for receiving and outputting a cooling medium. The chamber is flooded with a cooling medium to cool the assemblies. The assemblies themselves each comprise a heatsink and one or more semiconductor power devices thermally coupled to the heatsink. The heatsink comprises heat exchanging elements in the form of a plurality of holes in the heatsink extending through the heatsink from one surface to another surface such that the cooling medium flows through the holes to extract heat from the heatsink.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention are directed to heat transfer arrays, cold plates including heat transfer arrays along with inlets and outlets, and thermal management systems including cold-plates, pumps and heat exchangers. These devices and systems may be used to provide cooling of semiconductor devices and particularly such devices that produce high heat concentrations. The heat transfer arrays may include microjets, microchannels, fins, and even integrated microjets and fins.

Abstract: An electronic device has an electronic module having an insulating substrate 60, a conductor layer 20 provided on the insulating substrate 60, an electronic element 40 provided on the conductor layer 20 and a heat dissipation layer 10 provided on the insulating substrate in an opposite side of the electronic element 40 and a cooling body 100 which abuts on the heat dissipation layer 10. The cooling body 100 has a divided part 110 being provided at a portion which abuts on the heat dissipation layer 10 and being a plurality of divided regions.

Abstract: An IT enclosure and immersion cooling unit is disclosed. The unit comprises: an immersion cooling area to accommodate electronic devices that require cooling, the electronic devices being immersed in coolant; an heat exchanger; an coolant supply line to supply cooler coolant from the heat exchanger to the immersion cooling area; and an coolant return line to return warmer coolant from the immersion cooling area to the heat exchanger, wherein the cooler coolant absorbs heat from the electronic devices in the immersion cooling area and turns into the warmer coolant, wherein heat is extracted from the warmer coolant in the heat exchanger and transferred to external coolant, and wherein the heat exchanger, the coolant supply line, and the coolant return line are packaged within the immersion cooling unit.

Abstract: A cooling apparatus includes an immersion-tank configured to store a refrigerant, a refrigerant suction port formed at a lower portion of the immersion-tank, the refrigerant suction port being configured to suck the refrigerant from an outside of the immersion-tank into an inside of the immersion-tank, an electronic device immersed in the refrigerant, the electronic device including, a first heat-generation portion, a second heat-generation portion having a heat-generation amount smaller than a heat-generation amount of the first heat-generation portion, and a refrigerant inlet positioned below the first heat-generation portion and the second heat-generation portion and being open downward, and a block positioned below the first heat-generation portion and the second heat-generation portion, the block including a through-hole through which a region positioned below the first heat-generation portion in the refrigerant inlet is open, and a closing portion that closes a region positioned below the second heat-ge

Abstract: A semiconductor package includes a lead frame, a semiconductor device, a liquid metal conductor, and an encapsulation material. The semiconductor device is affixed to the lead frame. The liquid metal conductor couples the semiconductor device to the lead frame. The encapsulation material encases the semiconductor device, the liquid metal conductor, and at least a portion of the lead frame.

Abstract: Semiconductor assemblies including thermal management configurations for reducing heat transfer between vertically stacked devices and associated systems and methods are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, the semiconductor assemblies comprise at least one memory device mounted over a logic device with a thermally conductive layer, a thermal-insulator interposer, or a combination thereof disposed between the memory device and the logic device. The thermally conductive layer includes a structure configured to transfer the thermal energy across a horizontal plane. The thermal-insulator interposer includes a structure configured to reduce heat transfer between the logic device and the memory device.

Abstract: An implantable medical device including a hermetic housing, at least one electronic board housed in the housing, a module for heat dissipation and shock absorption, housed in the housing and arranged between the electronic board and an internal wall of the housing, the module having a first layer of thermal paste placed in the internal space of the housing and deposited on the electronic board, a second, metal layer of high thermal conductivity deposited on the first layer, a third layer of thermal paste deposited on the second layer and positioned so as to come into contact with the internal wall of the housing, the third layer having a structure with a plurality of cavities distributed over the entire area of contact of the third layer with the internal wall of the housing.

Abstract: A semiconductor device package includes a substrate, a first electronic component, a second electronic component, a heat dissipation lid and a thermal isolation. The substrate has a surface. The first electronic component and the second electronic component are over the surface of the substrate and arranged along a direction substantially parallel to the surface. The first electronic component and the second electronic component are separated by a space therebetween. The heat dissipation lid is over the first electronic component and the second electronic component. The heat dissipation lid defines one or more apertures at least over the space between the first electronic component and the second electronic component. The thermal isolation is in the one or more apertures of the heat dissipation lid.

Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for semiconductor die heat dissipation are described. For example, an apparatus for semiconductor die heat dissipation may include a substrate and a heat spreader. The substrate may include a thermal interface layer disposed on a surface of the substrate, such as disposed between the substrate and the heat spreader. The heat spreader may include a plurality of substrate-facing protrusions in contact with the thermal interface layer, wherein the plurality of substrate-facing protrusions are disposed at least partially through the thermal interface layer.

Abstract: A substrate holding device includes a base body that has a flat plate-like shape and in which gas holes that open in an upper surface of the base body are formed, and a plurality of protrusions that protrude upward from the upper surface of the base body. A groove that opens in a lower surface of the base body and that is connected to the gas holes is formed in the base body, and a plurality of protrusions that protrude downward are formed in the groove.

Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor module comprising: a semiconductor chip; a cooling portion having a refrigerant passing portion through which a refrigerant passes; and a laminated substrate having: a first metal interconnection layer; a second metal interconnection layer; and an insulation provided between the first metal interconnection layer and the second metal interconnection layer, wherein the cooling portion has: a top plate; a bottom plate; and a plurality of protruding parts which are provided on a surface of the bottom plate, and are separated from each other in a flow direction of the refrigerant, and are respectively provided continuously in a direction orthogonal to the flow direction, wherein the plurality of protruding parts are provided at a position overlapping with one end of the second metal interconnection layer and at a position overlapping with the semiconductor chip in the flow direction.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention are directed to heat transfer arrays, cold plates including heat transfer arrays along with inlets and outlets, and thermal management systems including cold-plates, pumps and heat exchangers. These devices and systems may be used to provide cooling of semiconductor devices and particularly such devices that produce high heat concentrations. The heat transfer arrays may include microjets, microchannels, fins, and even integrated microjets and fins.

Abstract: Implementations of semiconductor packages may include a first substrate coupled to a first die, a second substrate coupled to a second die, and a spacer included within a perimeter of the first substrate and within a perimeter of a second substrate, the spacer coupled between the first die and the second die, the spacer include a junction cooling pipe therethrough.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for a gasket that allows for a single cooling cold plate to touch one or more devices. These devices may have precise but varying thermal interfaces and mounting pressure requirements; and height and co-planarity tolerances that need to be accommodated. The gasket may be sandwiched in between a top stiffener plate and a floating cold plate along an outer perimeter of the gasket; and a rigid, cold plate base and a bottom stiffener plate along an inner perimeter of the gasket. The resulting seal allows coolant to flow between the rigid and floating cold plates as these plates move (i.e., float) with respect to one another. Thus, the gasket aids in a cooling apparatus achieve an optimum thermal interface with each of the one or more devices simultaneously, while accounting for the individual tolerance variations across each device.