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11 years ago

EN2342QI thermal dissipation

Hi, I have some concerns about thermal dissipation of the EN2342QI on space applications. The major concern is about those power pads on the bottom of the chip that specifically says "is not ...
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11 years ago

Yes. If you follow the requirements of the Datasheet, you will get the performance promised in the Datasheet :-). The thermal conductivity from the device to the circuit board is specified while the device is connected to the board as described in the Datasheet.

If this is going to be a vacuum application, you might want to look at the metallurgy.

Dale, NARSC