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Cool it!
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07/11/2008
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As electronic systems become more power intensive and increasingly compact, they are liable to require increased heat dissipation. Active components without proper thermal management can suffer electromigration.
Despite design engineers allowing for cooling reserve, when a cooling system suffers critical permanent failure, a lack of redundancy can result in the shut down or failure of the electronic components. A shut down of this nature could have catastrophic results in medical, telecom or air traffic control environments. Factors such as package design and the proximity to other system devices can also affect heat dissipation, so it’s up to designers to account for these challenges.
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Author
Chris Shaw
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