Innovative Chips Help Thermal Flow

Feb. 7, 2008

B-Series Therma-Bridges are thermal-management devices that use a thermally conductive aluminum-nitride chip with metalized terminals to conduct heat from one location on a printed-circuit board (PCB) to another. Therma-Bridges are available in a variety of sizes and thicknesses to support different PCB designs and thermal requirements. Standard units are supplied in case sizes from 0505 (0.050 x 0.050 in.) through 3725 (0.375 x 0.250 in.). Three different thicknesses are available, depending on the case size, of 0.020, 0.035 and 0.050 in. maximum.

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Jack Browne

Technical Contributor

Jack Browne, Technical Contributor, has worked in technical publishing for over 30 years. He managed the content and production of three technical journals while at the American Institute of Physics, including Medical Physics and the Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology. He has been a Publisher and Editor for Penton Media, started the firm’s Wireless Symposium & Exhibition trade show in 1993, and currently serves as Technical Contributor for that company's Microwaves & RF magazine. Browne, who holds a BS in Mathematics from City College of New York and BA degrees in English and Philosophy from Fordham University, is a member of the IEEE.