Circuit Board Thermal Design or How to Succeed at the Impossible

Abstract

This paper explains why the data with which thermal designers have to work is uncertain and incomplete. It then describes how accepting this uncertainty unlocks the shackles of accurate temperature prediction and gives the designer the freedom to tackle the different aspects of thermal design at an appropriate and simple level. The latter part of the paper concentrates on the thermal design of circuit boards, first for steady state and then for transient operation.

Citation

Dean, D.J. (1991), "Circuit Board Thermal Design or How to Succeed at the Impossible", Circuit World, Vol. 18 No. 1, pp. 4-13. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb046147