Articles from November 2005 Issue

Cooling Solutions In The Past Decade

November 1st, 2005

Introduction In 1995, a typical thermal design engineer was aware that removing heat was not going to get any easier in the next few years. A look back at the past ten years reveals that…read more

GCS Theory Applied to Thermal Interface Materials

November 1st, 2005

There are 819 kinds of Thermal Interface Material (TIM) – those greases, putties, pads and phase change compounds that go between hot electronic components and their heat sinks – and just as many ways to…read more

Advances In High-Performance Cooling For Electronics

November 1st, 2005

Introduction The need for new cooling techniques is driven by the continuing increases in power dissipation of electronic parts and systems. In many instances standard techniques cannot achieve the required cooling performance due to physical…read more