Nixie
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There's no screw hole, nor even much of a tab sticking out in this package. How do I attach such devices to a heatsink?
it looks like you're sposed to solder the back to the groundplane |
Originally Posted by Nixie There's no screw hole, nor even much of a tab sticking out in this package. How do I attach such devices to a heatsink? |
Originally Posted by Nixie I'm thinking cutting out a pad of the 1 mm copper sheet I have, soldering to it, and then attaching that to a heatsink. |
Originally Posted by mono Soldering to a heatsink is a bit more difficult to do than write, since it is obviously designed to 'sink away the heat. |
Originally Posted by beerguy0 That might work, but there will be an additional thermal barrier. The Cu pad would have to be extremely flat to be really useful. |