1. A portable apparatus comprising:
an apparatus body comprising a first main body having therein a plurality of electric parts, and a second main body connected to the first main body to open and close a part of a surface of the first main body;
a radiation member mounted in the second main body; and
a heat transmitter mounted in the first main body to be connected with the electric parts at one side and contacted with the radiation member when the first main body is opened by operating the second main body, and
wherein a driving heat generated by the electric parts is emitted to the outside of the apparatus body by sequentially passing through the heat transmitter and the radiation member.
2. The portable apparatus of claim 1, wherein the radiation member is mounted on a surface of the second main body to be contacted with external air when the first main body is opened.
3. The portable apparatus of claim 2, wherein
the apparatus body comprises a hinge unit pivotably connecting the first and the second main bodies, and
the radiation member and the heat transmitter respectively comprise first and second contact parts contacting each other through pivoting the second main body to open the first main body.
4. The portable apparatus of claim 2, wherein
the apparatus body comprises a slide groove and a slide projection which slidably connect the first and the second main bodies to each other, and
the radiation member and the heat transmitter respectively comprise first and second contact parts contacting each other through sliding the second main body to open the first main body.
5. The portable apparatus of claim 4, wherein the radiation member is connected to the slide groove, and the slide projection is connected to a part of the heat transmitter.
6. The portable apparatus of claim 3, wherein the first contact part is formed as a projection while the second contact part is formed as a groove for receiving the first contact part.
7. The portable apparatus of claim 6, wherein contacting surfaces of the first and the second contact parts, which are contacted with each other by opening the first main body, are curved.
8. The portable apparatus of claim 6, further comprising an auxiliary heat transmitter formed on the contacting surfaces of the first and the second contact parts.
9. The portable apparatus of claim 8, wherein the auxiliary heat transmitter comprises one of a thermal tape and thermal grease.
10. The portable apparatus of claim 1, wherein the heat transmitter comprises:
a first heat transmitter connected to the electric parts at one side; and
a second heat transmitter connected to the first heat transmitter at one side and contacted with the radiation member, being exposed to the outside of the first main body, at the other side.
11. The portable apparatus of claim 10, wherein the first and the second heat transmitters are integrally formed with each other.
12. The portable apparatus of claim 1, wherein the second main body comprises a first surface being opposed to a user during use of the portable apparatus and a second surface formed on the opposite side to the first surface, and
the radiation member is disposed on the second surface of the second main body.
13. The portable apparatus of claim 12, wherein, except a portion corresponding to the radiation member, the outer surface of the apparatus body is formed of a material having lower thermal conductivity than that of the radiation member.
14. The portable apparatus of claim 1, wherein the apparatus body further comprises a resilient member resiliently biasing the second main body in a direction for opening the first main body.
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. A method of using a carbon nanotube assembly, comprising:
growing a signal responsive array of nanotubes on a substrate;
receiving an electromagnetic signal by said array of nanotubes grown on said substrate;
biasing at least one of said nanotubes in said array of nanotubes, with a further signal; and
switching said electromagnetic signal received by said carbon nanotubes relative to said array of nanotubes on said substrate.
2. The method of using a carbon nanotube assembly as recited in claim 1, including:
modulating a signal relative to said at least one nanotube.
3. The method of using a carbon nanotube assembly as recited in claim 1, including:
detecting a signal by said at least one of said nanotubes on said substrate.
4. The method of using a carbon nanotube assembly as recited in claim 1, including:
heterodyning a signal on said array of nanotubes.
5. A method of manufacturing a carbon nanotube switch comprising:
arranging an array of conductive metallic portions on a receiving substrate; and
arranging a carbon nanotube on at least one of said array of metallic portions on said substrate wherein a signal applied to said substrate is effective to actuate signal conduction through said carbon nanotube.
6. A method of switching a signal with a carbon nanotube switching assembly comprising:
arranging an array of conductive metallic portions on a receiving substrate; and
growing a carbon nanotube on at least one of said array of metallic portions on said substrate wherein a signal applied to said substrate is effective to actuate switching and signal conduction through said carbon nanotube switching assembly.
7. A method of using a carbon nanotube comprising:
growing an electromagnetic signal responsive nanotube array on a substrate;
switching an electromagnetic signal relative to a nanotube on said substrate;
applying an electromagnetic signal to said nanotube on said substrate; and
biasing said nanotube with a further electromagnetic signal.
8. The method of using a carbon nanotube as recited in claim 7, comprising:
modulating a signal relative to said nanotube.
9. The method of using a carbon nanotube as recited in claim 7, comprising:
detecting a signal by said nanotube array.
10. The method of using a carbon nanotube as recited in claim 7, comprising:
heterodyning a signal on said nanotube array.