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How to Select a Heat Sink

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Review of the steps used to select a heat sink and how to read a thermal performance graph. A discussion of how to determine power dissipation and examples will be given showing the calculations used to determine the proper heat sink requirements.

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PTM Published on: 2012-08-17

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