Design Tips

    July 2018
    Optimizing Thermal-Management for Best Performance and Reliability

    Figure 1: Adding a heatsink to boost top-side cooling of thermally enhanced power package

    Power conversion is common to almost all electronic systems. Efficiency is critical, whether the objective is to maximize runtime for a small battery-powered device, reduce utility costs to power data-center servers, or others such as ensuring cost parity for renewables. Efficiency is never 100%, even in t
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    Date:
    07/31/2018
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