1. An integrated heat exchanger and power delivery system for high powered electronic modules, comprising:
a coolant manifold;
a heat exchanger and power delivery module, wherein the heat exchanger and power delivery module comprises a plurality of heat exclaimer and power delivery elements that are coupled to the coolant manifold; and
a high powered electronic module, wherein the high powered module comprises an array of sub-modules, wherein the array of sub-modules is disposed on the plurality of heat exchanger and power delivery elements, and wherein the plurality of heat exchanger and power delivery elements are configured to substantially simultaneously deliver power and extract heat away from the sub-modules.
2. The system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of heat exchanger and power delivery elements comprises bus bars that are scalable to power needs of the array of sub-modules.
3. The system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of heat exchanger and power delivery elements are configured alternatively to provide positive supply voltage and ground and further configured to carry direct current (DC).
4. The system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of heat exchanger and power delivery elements are disposed such that they are electrically isolated from each other.
5. The system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of heat exchanger and power delivery elements are disposed on the coolant manifold such that the electrical connectors and connections associated with the sub-modules and the rest of the integrated heat exchanger and power delivery system passes through configured gaps between the heat exchanger and power delivery elements.
6. The system of claim 1, wherein the surfaces of the plurality of heat exchanger and power delivery elements are anodized.
7. The system of claim 1, wherein each heat exchanger and power delivery element is configured to receive a dielectric coolant to extract heat away from the sub-modules.
8. The system of claim 7, wherein the dielectric coolant is non-conductive coolant.
9. The system of claim 1, wherein the coolant manifold is made of substantially high strength and electrically isolating material.
10. The system of claim 9, wherein the coolant manifold is a glass filled polymer or a dielectrically coated material.
11. The system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of heat exchanger and power delivery elements are mechanically coupled to the coolant manifold.
12. The system of claim 1, wherein the sub-modules are thermally coupled to the plurality of heat exchanger and power delivery elements using a thermally conductive epoxy.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. Method for producing corrosion-resistant and workable sheet metal consisting of uncoated steel sheets comprising the following steps:
placing the steel sheets in abutting relationship
welding the or each joint groove by butt-joint welding by means of a welding beam for forming a weld along the respective joint groove,
thermal treatment of the or each weld directly after or even during the forming of weld by means of an annealing beam, wherein, during cooling after welding, the temperature of weld is held in a temperature range between 800\xb0 C. and 500\xb0 C. by the annealing beam for a time period of 1 to 3 seconds in order to prevent martensite formation in the region of weld.
full-surface coating of the joined steel sheets, including the or each weld, after cooling the welds, with a metallic coating.
2. Method for producing corrosion-resistant and workable sheet metal consisting of the steel sheets coated with a metallic coating comprising the following steps:
placing the coated steel sheets in abutting relationship
welding the or each joint groove by butt-joint welding by means of a welding beam for forming a weld along the respective joint groove,
thermal treatment of the or each weld directly after or even during the forming of weld by means of an annealing beam, wherein, during cooling after welding, the temperature of weld is held in a temperature range between 800\xb0 C. and 500\xb0 C. by the annealing beam for a time period of 1 to 3 seconds in order to prevent martensite formation in the region of weld.
applying a strip-shaped metallic coating onto each weld after cooling the weld.
3. Method according to claim 1, wherein the coating of the steel sheets takes place by electrodeposition, especially by galvanic tinning, zinc coating or galvanic chrome-plating.
4. Method according to claim 1 wherein the annealing beam follows the welding beam in the welding direction.
5. Method according to claim 1, wherein the annealing beam is incident on the weld as a line focus.
6. Method according to claim 1, wherein the temperature of weld is held in a temperature range between 800\xb0 C. and 500\xb0 C. during cooling after welding for a time period of 1.5 to 2 seconds by means of an annealing beam.
7. Method according to claim 2, wherein the coating of weld is effected by electrodeposition on weld.
8. Method according to claim 7, wherein an electrical voltage is applied on the steel sheets referenced to an anode which runs along the weld at a distance from it for electrodeposition on weld, and an electrolyte is simultaneously applied onto the weld.
9. Method according to claim 7, wherein the coated steel sheets can be tin-plated or special chrome-plated steel sheets, and in that the electrolyte contains dissolved tin cations or chromium cations.
10. Method according to claim 8 wherein the electrolyte has an electrical conductivity of 50-500 mScm.
11. Method according to claim 8, wherein the electrolyte is applied onto the weld via a pad; this pad contacts the weld and is made from electrically nonconductive open-cell material.
12. Method according to claim 11, wherein the pad contacts the surface of weld at a prescribed pressure and covers it completely.
13. Method according to claim 8, wherein the electrolyte is sprayed onto the weld via a tube provided with at least one spray opening or spray nozzle.
14. Method according to claim 7, wherein the steel sheets are held mostly flat in one plane during the electrodeposition on weld by means of clamping elements in the region around the weld.
15. Method according to claim 8, wherein the steel sheets are cleaned of electrolyte residues that remain on the surface after electrodeposition on weld at least in the region around the weld.
16. Method according to claim 1, wherein the cooling time of weld is prolonged by the annealing beam such that the cooling rate with which the weld cools is held below the cooling rate at which martensite formation could have taken place in the region of the weld without the effect of annealing beam.
17. Method according to claim 2 wherein the annealing beam follows the welding beam in the welding direction.
18. Method according to claim 2, wherein the annealing beam is incident on the weld as a line focus.
19. Method according to claim 1, wherein the temperature of weld is held in a temperature range between 800\xb0 C. and 500\xb0 C. during cooling after welding for a time period of 1.5 to 2 seconds by means of an annealing beam.