ELASTOMER EMBEDDED MULTIPOINT CONTACT COOLING

Example implementations relate to a cooling assembly of a host circuit device, a circuit assembly including the host circuit device and a removable circuit device, and a method for thermal management of the removable circuit device removably connected to the host circuit device. The cooling assembly includes a cooling component and a thermal gap pad having an elastomer component movably connected to the cooling component and a plurality of beams embedded in the elastomer component. Each beam includes a first end portion, a second end portion, and a body portion extended between the first and second end portions. The first end portion of each of one or more beams is disposed in a first thermal contact with the cooling component and a second end portion of each of the one or more beams is disposed in a second thermal contact with a heat sink of the removable circuit device.