Thermal Design For Power Electronics
by Dennis L. Feucht
Innovatia Laboratories
You don't see too many mechanical engineers designing electronic controls.
Likewise, the tendency for electronics engineers to neglect the thermal
design of what are largely electronic subsystems can lead to trouble. This
article presents thermal design considerations for typical power electronics
design. The whole subject will not fit into one article, but I will try
to capture the essence of it, and include some useful details filtered out
of the heat-transfer literature.
Conductive Heat Transfer
Heat transfer can occur by three mechanisms: conduction, convection, and radiation...
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