Thermal Management Handbook: For Electronic Assemblies

In recent years, heat-sensitive electronic systems have been miniaturized far more than their heat-producing power supplies, leading to major design and reliability challenges — and making thermal management a critical design factor. This timely handbook covers all the practical issues that any packaging engineer must consider with regard to the thermal management of printed circuit boards, hybrid circuits, and multichip modules. Readers will also benefit from the extensive data on material properties and circuit functions, thus enabling more intelligent decisions at the design stage — and preventing thermal-related problems from occurring in the first place.

The "hands-on" guide to thermal management! Thermal Management Handbook.

In recent years, heat-sensitive electronics systems have been miniaturized far more than their heat-producing power supplies, leading to major design and reliability challenges - and making thermal management a critical design factor. This timely handbook is the most current and comprehensive reference on the practical issues that any packaging engineer must consider with regard to the thermal management f printed circuit boards, hybrid circuits, and multichip modules.

In addition to presenting and exploring the three basic issues at the core of effective thermal management - how and where the heat is generated; how the temperature at a given point in the circuit is determined; and how the heat is removed - the book is enhanced with tutorial chapters, data tables, and a wealth of design examples. Professionals will also benefit from the extensive data on material properties and circuit functions, thus enabling more intelligent decisions at the design state - and preventing thermal-related problems from occurring in the first place.

Jerry E. Sergent, Ph.D., is the Director of Technology for TCA, Inc.

Al Krum is an Engineering Manager at Hughes Aircraft. He also teaches hybrid and MCM classes at UCLA and Berkeley, as well as for IMAPS.

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Examines the three basic issues at the core of thermal management: the generation of heat within an electronics circuit; the calculation of the circuit temperature, and the removal of heat from the circuit. The eight contributions discuss thermal effects on electronic circuits, thermal properties of electronic material, basic thermal analysis, computer-based thermal analysis, and electronic device cooling. Includes many design examples, tutorials, and data tables that demonstrate relevant materials properties. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Jerry E. Sergent, Ph.D., is the Director of Technology for TCA, Inc.

Al Krum is an Engineering Manager at Hughes Aircraft. He also teaches hybrid and MCM classes at UCLA and Berkeley, as well as for IMAPS.