tag: thermal management

Thermal Issues Getting Worse
By Ann Mutschler - 14 Aug, 2015 - Comments: 2

Making sure that smartphone you’re holding doesn’t burn your face when you make a call requires a tremendous amount of engineering effort at all levels of the design - the case, the chips, the packaging. The developers of the IP subsystems in that smartphone must adhere to very strict power and energy thresholds so the OEM putting it all together can stick to some semblance of a product des... » read more

Too Hot To Handle
By Ed Sperling - 14 Feb, 2013 - Comments: 0

By Ann Steffora Mutschler It used to be that a device could be designed to a thermal design power. The worst case power scenario would be imagined, and the device would be designed with that in mind. But those good old days are gone. Especially for consumer devices, how a device is going to behave with respect to time, or how people are going to use it, must be understood as completely a... » read more

Thermal On My Mind
By Ann Mutschler - 14 Feb, 2013 - Comments: 0

Oh heat, how I miss thee… in the dead of winter of course. And while heat is a good thing for my garden, it’s not so great when it comes to my, your and everyone’s electronic devices. I’ve been reflecting a lot on this topic since researching thermal management for my article, “Too Hot To Handle.” You see, I have a favorite laptop. It’s a MacBook Pro with a nice, large screen a... » read more

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