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• Going beyond conductivity in thermal management of LED

  A white paper published by Electrolube discussed the thermal management options for LED systems. It stated that heat sinks are the common tool for dissipating heat from the back of LED components through conduction. details>>

• Researchers determine thinner is cooler for GaN transistors

  A team of researchers has released a report stating that the thickness of gallium nitride (GaN) layers can impact the thermal budget of a device and, utilizing computer simulations, that the thinner the layer of GaN the more heat is dissipated. details>>

• Engineer details need for thermal management at design stage

  Hugo Ljunggren Falk noted that the streamlined process demanded by the need to reduce time to market forced engineers to proceed without thermal analysis in the design stages. details>>

• Separate-type heat pipes for concentrating solar power

  Yiding Cao of the Department of Mechanical and Material Engineering at Florida International University in Miami recently released a report on ?Separate-Type Heat Pipe Solar Receivers for Concentrating Solar Power.? details>>

• Diamonds being used to prevent overheating in electronics

  Researchers from the A*STAR Institute of Microelectronics have demonstrated through experiment and computational analysis that a layer of diamond on top of a gallium nitride transistor chip provides optimal heat dissipation. details>>

• Examining pulsating heat pipe thermal performance

  A report, published in Frontiers in Heat Pipes in 2015, by Rahul S. Borkar and Pramod R. Pachghare examined the effect of working fluid, filling ratio, and the number of turns on the performance of pulsating heat pipes (PHP). details>>

• White Paper: FSP MIA IC reduces energy consumption

  FSP Group, a global leading power supply manufacturer, has released a white paper about its patented MIA IC chipset that cuts costs and reduces energy consumption with a new, efficient, switching-mode power supply. details>>

• Explaining the measurement basics of LED thermal management

  EE Times Europe released a recent article emphasizing the importance of utilizing proper thermal management equations early in the design process to ensure the optimal performance of LED lights. details>>

• Hybrid optical-thermal antennas to control heat on nanoscale

  MIT researchers have developed design rules for the engineering of hybrid optical-thermal antennas that offer "orders-of-magnitude intensity enhancement at the operating wavelength and nanoscale temperature control." details>>

• Thermoplastics can play part in LED thermal management

  The engineers at PolyOne recommend utilizing thermally conductive plastics instead of the standard aluminum to handle size and weight restrictions that may make it difficult to work with aluminum heat sinks. details>>