Abstract: In a structure for cooling an integrated circuit (IC), a hollow cylindrical member is mounted on a cold plate and receives a heat conductor therein. The heat conductor is a cylindrical member which is closed by a flat plate at one end thereof. Silicone gel fills a gap between the hollow cylindrical member and the heat conductor and allows the heat conductor to move due to the elasticity thereof. When the cold plate is fixed in place on the IC which is mounted on a printed circuit board, the heat conductor moves in matching relation to the height and inclination of the IC. As a result, the heat conductor and IC are brought into close contact with each other. A compound intervenes between the heat conductor and the IC to enhance the close contact of the heat conductor and IC.

Abstract: In a cooling unit for use in combination with a cooling medium supplying unit (37) and for cooling at least one integrated circuit chip (31), a heat transfer tube (47) passes a cooling medium and is supported by a hat (21) with a gap left between the tube and the chip. The tube may be electrically conductive and put in contact with an electric conductor bump attached on the chip. The cooling medium supplying unit may comprise a cooling plate (39) having first and second paths (101, 105) for passing the cooling medium. The cooling unit may comprise first and second heat transfer tubes associated with the first and the second paths. Each of the first and the second tubes is supported with the gap left between each of the first and the second tubes and each of first and second chips. The first and the second tubes may be electrically conductive and put in contact with the bumps. The first chip may have primary first and second bumps. The second chip may have secondary first and second bumps.

Abstract: A cooling structure for heat generating electronic components mounted on a substrate. The cooling structure includes a cold plate fixed on the substrate which is provided with first through holes opposed to the respective upper surfaces of the heat generating electronic components, flow paths formed within the cold plate for circulating a coolant, an inlet provided on a side of the cold plate for supplying the coolant into the flow paths, an outlet provided on a side of the cold plate for exhausting the coolant from the flow paths, and pistons inserted through and held within the first through holes so that the lower surfaces of the pistons come into contact with the upper surfaces of the heat generating electronic components.

Abstract: A cooling system for a three-dimensional IC package in which a plurality of substrates each mounting ICs on its one or both surfaces are laminated with a predetermined interval therebetween, includes a cold plate in which holes are formed at positions corresponding to the ICs and a cooling fluid path are formed around the holes, a heat conductive piston, inserted in each hole of the cold plate while keeping a small gap with respect to the inner wall of the hole, and biased by a spring to be moved in the hole, for conducting, when one end thereof is brought into contact with a heat radiating surface of the IC, the heat to the cold plate, and a device for interrupting a contact between the heat conductive piston and the IC so that the substrate can be easily inserted/removed.