TY - JOUR AB - 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. VL - 18 IS - 1 SN - 0305-6120 DO - 10.1108/eb046147 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/eb046147 AU - Dean D.J. PY - 1991 Y1 - 1991/01/01 TI - Circuit Board Thermal Design or How to Succeed at the Impossible T2 - Circuit World PB - MCB UP Ltd SP - 4 EP - 13 Y2 - 2024/04/23 ER -