Thermal pads for transistor mounts
geoff wrote:
Eeyore wrote:
Gareth Magennis wrote:
Am I right in my belief that putting heatsink compound on silicon
pads gives less thermal conductivity than pads alone?
Do you mean silicone pads ?
There's simply no purpose in using heatsink compound with them. In as
much as it adds something to the thermal path it must increase the
thermal resistance at least by a tiny bit.
Bring back mica and berlyium oxide.
I prefer live heatsinks myself. That helps keep the device die that much cooler.
BeO2 is potentially dangerous (carcinogenic).
Graham
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