
Printedcircuitboardmaterial
R
th
(j-a)
P Diss
1.FR4using the recommended pad-layout
50
°
C/W
1.5 W
2.FR4with heatsinkon board(6cm
2
)
35
°
C/W
2.0 W
3.FR4with copper-filledthroughholesand externalheatsinkapplied
12
°
C/W
5.8 W
4. IMSfloatingin air(40 cm
2
)
8
°
C/W
8.8 W
5. IMSwithexternalheatsinkapplied
3.5
°
C/W
20 W
TABLE1
A new technologyavailabletodayis IMS- an Insu-
lated Metallic Substrate. This offers greatly en-
hanced
thermal
characteristics
mount components. IMS is a substrateconsisting
of threedifferentlayers,(I)thebasematerialwhich
is availableas an aluminium or a copper plate,(II)
a thermal conductive dielectrical layer and (III) a
copper foil, which can be etched as a circuitlayer.
Using this material a thermal resistance of 8
°
C/W
with 40 cm
2
of board floating in air is achievable
(seefig.4).If evenhigherpower isto be dissipated
an externalheatsink could be appliedwhich leads
to an R
th
(j-a) of 3.5
°
C/W (see Fig. 5), assuming
that R
th
(heatsink-air) is equal to R
th
(junction-
heatsink). This is commonly applied in practice,
leading to reasonableheatsink dimensions. Often
power devices are defined by considering the
for
surface
maximum junction temperature of the device. In
practice , however,this is far frombeing exploited.
A summary of various power management capa-
bilities is made in table 1 based on a reasonable
deltaT of 70
°
Cjunctionto air.
The PowerSO-10 concept also represents an
attractive alternative to C.O.B. techniques.
PowerSO-10 offers devices fully tested at low
and high temperature. Mounting is simple - only
conventionalSMT is required - enabling the users
to getrid ofbond wireproblemsandtheproblemto
controlthe hightemperaturesoftsolderingaswell.
An optimized thermal managementis guaranteed
through PowerSO-10 as the power chips must in
any case be mounted on heat spreaders before
beingmountedonto the substrate.
Fig. 4 :
Mounting on metalbacked board
Fig. 5 :
Mounting on metal backed board with an
externalheatsinkapplied
FR4board
Copperfoil
Aluminium
heatsink
Copper foil
Insulation
Aluminium
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