Thermal Management of Planar Magnetics

Focus:

Tests of different mounting methods reveal the impact of adhesives, interface materials, heatsinks and mounting hardware on transformer heating.

What you’ll learn:

• How to determine the hot spot temperature of a planar transformer
• How to test the thermal performance of a planar transformer
• How to cool a planar transformer

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Author & Publication:

Denis Grasham, Engineer European Applications, Payton Planar Magnetics Ltd., Rishon Le Zion, Israel , Power Electronics Technology, Feb 01 2004

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