Figure 1. Various leadframe and BGA packages Introduction The well-established trend within the electronics industry to provide everincreasing computing power at less cost seems to defy the laws of economics.However, this industry has not been able to suspend the laws of physics. Eachcalculation by each of the millions of transistors in the modern personalcomputer is … [Read more...]
How to Select a Heat Sink
With the increase in heat dissipation from microelectronics devices and the reduction in overall form factors, thermal management becomes a more a more important element of electronic product design. Both the performance reliability and life expectancy of electronic equipment are inversely related to the component temperature of the equipment. The relationship between the … [Read more...]