Re: TI-H: A question about heatsinks
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Re: TI-H: A question about heatsinks
Thanks for the help. I understand the concept now.
Matt Butch
mjb25@hotmail.com
"You'll Never Walk Alone"-Melanie Jayne Chisholm aka Sporty Spice
>From: tsaimelv@pilot.msu.edu (Mel Tsai)
>To: ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org
>Subject: Re: TI-H: A question about heatsinks
>Date: Sun, 10 Aug 1997 23:01:20 GMT
>
>>>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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