Tuesday, October 18, 2016

Thermal Management Application Design Guide

Selection of thermal interface materials (TIMs)


Selection of thermal interface materials (TIMs) is a lousy & complex work for mechanical engineers as they'll find thousands of options available in the market and they may get lost sometimes. Today, you'll get to find some tips from our design guide here and hope that'll be useful when you feel confused.
When people talk about TIMs, you'll think of several key points right away, such as Thermal Conductivity, Insulation, Hardness, Compression Set & thermal resistance. These are all fundamental properties we care about the most. But is that all? We should say not finished yet. In real applications, it's more complicated than expected as you have to take more factors into account, like the housing / heatsink materials, chip flux power, component area etc.
Firstly, let's start from the principle theory of Fourier's law and you'll get to know some insights of how it works from the inside out...

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