Intermark offers thermal interface materials (silicone based, silicone free, EMC and Thermal management dual function types), heat spreader sheets, thin thermal tape, and other solutions to improve the heat management of any application including LED Lighting, laptops, routers, cell phones, medical equipment, solar, and automotive components. Intermark’s line of products for … [Read more...]
Compact Linear Laser Diode Driver Supports Fiber-Coupled Lasers
Wavelength Electronics’ PLD-CH Series is now available in a 12.5 A model. This new driver supports fiber-coupled lasers used in applications such as medical, dental, micro-machining, material processing, semiconductor inspection, and imaging. The PLD-CH Series offers single-supply low voltage operation from +5 V DC, which minimizes heat dissipation. For applications that … [Read more...]
Data Centers Play Key Role in Transferring Medical Information
The issue of building new data centers and retrofitting or expansion of older ones to handle more sophisticated and increased amounts of medical data has become more critical as the Obama administration has announced that $975 million in grants will help states, doctors and hospitals move from paper to electronic record-keeping. Continuous power supply and proper cooling … [Read more...]
LED Thermal Standardization: A Hot Topic
Introduction The main topic of the article is how to cope with the increasing need for standardization of thermal characterization of LEDs (Light Emitting Diodes) and LED-based products (see Fig.1 showing a typical LED package). The LED-business is growing much faster than analysts predicted five years ago. Unfortunately, the progress in thermal characterization has not kept … [Read more...]
Health Assessment and Prognostics of Electronic Products: An Alternative to Traditional Reliability Prediction Methods
Introduction Traditional handbook-based reliability prediction methods for electronic products include Mil-Hdbk-217, Telcordia SR-332 (formerly Bellcore), PRISM, FIDES, CNET/RDF (European), and the Chinese GJB-299. These methods rely on analysis of failure data collected from the field and assume that the components of a system have inherent constant failure rates that are … [Read more...]
