New technology from University of Houston researchers could improve the way devices manage heat, thanks to a technique that ...

A major challenge in thermal-management and thermal-insulation technologies, across multiple industries, is the lack of ...

Thanks to the relatively recent rise of affordable board production services, many of the people reading Hackaday are just now learning the ropes of PCB design. For those still producing the FR4 ...

As high-temperature industrial systems grow more complex and demanding, the design of heat exchanger components has become a critical engineering focus. In the middle of this evolution, selecting a ...

China’s latest advance in thermal batteries is not just another incremental tweak to energy storage. By redesigning how ions ...

One aspect of successful circuit design is getting the thermal analysis right: How much heat will be produced under various operating conditions, and will any component exceed its rated limit? Often ...

Adequate thermal designs are the pacing item in achieving successful SSfL applications using LEDs. The lighting marketplace is extremely cost-sensitive as well as very concerned with reliable long ...

Current density increases at the PCB/package level result in local temperature increases known as hotspots. In addition to highlighting the heat generated locally around and underneath certain ...

There are two golden rules to thermal design: start simple and start early. The heat-flow path from the junction to the ambient, usually air in the local environment, determines a component’s ...

The thermal analysis and design of bridge structures encompasses the study of temperature distributions and the resulting thermal stresses and deformations within bridge components. With bridges ...

User demands for high functionality in miniaturized devices such as mobile phones, portable media players, or GPSs oblige designers to use smaller components in each new design. As far as digital ICs ...

Thermal batteries have major advantages in terms of durability, but they also have a serious shortcoming. Fortunately, this ...