Re: TI-H: A question about heatsinks

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Subject: Re: TI-H: A question about heatsinks
From: tsaimelv@pilot.msu.edu (Mel Tsai)
Date: Sun, 10 Aug 1997 23:01:20 GMT
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>>I know this may be off the subject but I have a question.  What is a 
>>heatsink?  I have heard about them, and I know the keep stuff 
>>(microproccessors?) from overheating (right?), but how do they work?  I 
>>know a some stuff about electronics(mostly about the operation of 
>>microproccessors and RAM, ect).

>well its made of aluminium, and you bolt(screw) the Ic or whatever to it
>and the aluminum absorbs and disipates the heat.
>some are just flat
>and some have ridges to creat more surface area for the heat to disipate from.
>thats realy about all i know.

Yeah, that's basically it.  It's quite a bit more complicated than
that when doing heatsink and power calculations but basically it's
just an increase in surface area in which the heat can disappate.

-Mel
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