One way of removing the heat is by mounting the component on to the surface of a heat sink. The heat sink will then dissipate the heat into the air by way of fins or into a fluid (typically water) by way of channels in the heat sink.
Heat sinks are most often made from copper or aluminium. Copper is the best conductor but aluminium continues to be the most widely used material as it has the lowest price and weight and is quite close on conducting ability. However, in some water cooled applications, heat sinks made from other materials like ceramics are used, reason being that they cannot rust and are electrically insulating.
In addition to the heat sink you need thermal paste or foils, clips etc.
From our different suppliers we are able to offer you a range of standard heat sinks for air or liquid cooling, milled, drilled and surface treated to your specification.
As a natural supplement to our heat sink program, we have the full range of heat management products such as:
- Thermally conductive products
- Transistor clips
If a standard product is not sufficient to solve the heat challenge in your application we, together with our suppliers are able to analyze the problem and design the right product for you.
