Innovative Heatsink Enables Hot Uplinks

Focus:

A unique manufacturing process (the hybrid aluminum extrusion process) produces extruded aluminum heatsinks with high aspect ratios and greater cooling performance than bonded-fin heatsinks.

What you’ll learn:

• How to replace bonded-fin heatsinks with higher-performance aluminum extrusions
• How to increase heatsink surface area with hybrid-extruded heatsinks
• How to improve heatsink performance under high rates of airflow

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Author & Publication:

Gary Kuzmin, Vice President of Operations, ThermaFlo Inc., Plano, Texas, Power Electronics Technology, Nov 01 2004

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