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What is Cold Junction Compensation in Thermocouples?

What is Cold Junction Compensation in Thermocouples?

Learn about the theory behind cold junction compensation in thermocouples using the Seebeck voltage, reference tables, and by finding the hot junction temperature.


Rambus Spins DDR5 DIMM Interface ICs for Data Center Servers

Rambus Spins DDR5 DIMM Interface ICs for Data Center Servers

Adding SPD (serial presence detect) hub and temperature sensor ICs to its DDR5 portfolio, Rambus now has a complete chipset offering for DDR5 DIMM interfacing.


News Jul 19, 2022 by Jeff Child
Intel Beats the Data Center Heat With Open IP Immersion Liquid Cooling

Intel Beats the Data Center Heat With Open IP Immersion Liquid Cooling

Intel is aiming at a more sustainable data center with new investments and the industry’s first immersion cooling reference design.


News May 24, 2022 by Jake Hertz
AMD SOM Kit Propels Robotics Beyond Custom Designs

AMD SOM Kit Propels Robotics Beyond Custom Designs

Keen to free industrial robotics from the burdens of custom design, AMD has launched a SOM-based starter kit that puts ROS 2 and predefined interface apps into play.


News May 17, 2022 by Jeff Child
MICROCHIP EMC1702 Current-Sense & Temperature Monitor | New Product Brief

MICROCHIP EMC1702 Current-Sense & Temperature Monitor | New Product Brief

This New Product Brief (NPB) is part of a video series highlighting the features, applications, and technical specs of newly-released products.


The Importance of Fans for Indoor Air Filtration Systems

The Importance of Fans for Indoor Air Filtration Systems

How much do you know about IAQ (indoor air quality) and filtration system options for purifying air?


Nix the Heat Sink: New GaN ICs Aim to Slim Down Power Supply Design

Nix the Heat Sink: New GaN ICs Aim to Slim Down Power Supply Design

Yesterday, Power Integrations released a new family of flyback controller ICs which leverage GaN technology for maximize efficiency. Could this help push GaN further mainstream?


News May 25, 2021 by Jake Hertz
Learning From the Past: EV High Power Density Trends

Learning From the Past: EV High Power Density Trends

With EVs being a hot topic recently, what trending designs were used in the past could be learned from? Oak Ridge National Laboratory aims to do just that through its benchmarking project.


News May 20, 2021 by Dr. Steve Arar
Microsoft Brings the Sea to Servers With Two-phase Immersion Cooling

Microsoft Brings the Sea to Servers With Two-phase Immersion Cooling

Microsoft has announced that it will be the first cloud provider to implement two-phase liquid immersion cooling in a production environment.


News Apr 12, 2021 by Jake Hertz
Companies Get Creative to Beat the Heat in Computing Applications

Companies Get Creative to Beat the Heat in Computing Applications

Here's a sweep of a few thermal management techniques across the industry—specifically aimed to keep computing applications cool.


News Apr 03, 2021 by Nicholas St. John
Deconstructing Xiaomi’s Mi 11 Ultra—and the Consumer Tech Claims Surrounding It

Deconstructing Xiaomi’s Mi 11 Ultra—and the Consumer Tech Claims Surrounding It

Xiaomi claims the Mi 11 Ultra is the "world’s best photography smartphone." With few technical specs published, how do designers approach such claims?


News Apr 02, 2021 by Jake Hertz
As EVs Heat Up, Can Thermal Management Systems Cool Them Down?

As EVs Heat Up, Can Thermal Management Systems Cool Them Down?

Managing heat in EVs is no simple task. With materials research and heat-resistant power electronics, however, thermal management systems are slowly advancing EV adoption.


News Mar 24, 2021 by Nicholas St. John
Keeping Wearables Cool: Non-metallic Material Radiates Heat From Users, Circuitry, and the Sun

Keeping Wearables Cool: Non-metallic Material Radiates Heat From Users, Circuitry, and the Sun

Thermal design is especially delicate in wearable devices. Here are a few ways researchers are tackling the issue—the most recent turning to materials science.


News Mar 20, 2021 by Jake Hertz
ROHM Module Casts Confidence on Wi-SUN FAN, the New Long-range Protocol on the Block

ROHM Module Casts Confidence on Wi-SUN FAN, the New Long-range Protocol on the Block

Wi-SUN FAN may be a worthwhile alternative to LoRaWAN and NB-IoT. Now, ROHM has developed a Wi-SUN FAN module with the promise of increased reliability and security in LPWA mesh networks.


News Mar 02, 2021 by Jake Hertz
Data Centers are Only Getting Hotter, But Circuit Cooling Techniques Can Help

Data Centers are Only Getting Hotter, But Circuit Cooling Techniques Can Help

Data centers are increasingly overburdened, which drives up the heat. What are some common methods to cool them down?


Designing with a Heat Sink for Junction-to-Case Thermal Resistance

Designing with a Heat Sink for Junction-to-Case Thermal Resistance

Watch the thermal measurement, junction-to-case thermal resistance, in action as we use it to calculate the thermal considerations for a given system.


Junction-to-Case Thermal Resistance in Thermal Design

Junction-to-Case Thermal Resistance in Thermal Design

Learn about an important thermal metric for designing the interface between an IC package and a heat sink.


Thermoelectric Coolers: A Low-Power, Eco-Friendly Design Option for Temperature Control

Thermoelectric Coolers: A Low-Power, Eco-Friendly Design Option for Temperature Control

Thermoelectric coolers (TECs) are increasingly replacing traditional refrigeration technology. But despite all the virtues of TECs, these devices are not without limitations.


Why Thermal Management is a Hot Topic in 5G Design

Why Thermal Management is a Hot Topic in 5G Design

As 5G barrels forward, engineers are increasingly talking about one of the major design challenges of this technology: thermal management.


News Oct 21, 2020 by Dr. Steve Arar
Researchers Combine Transistor and Cooling System on a Single Chip

Researchers Combine Transistor and Cooling System on a Single Chip

Semiconductor chips with integrated microfluidic cooling systems could lead to efficiencies that are currently impossible to achieve outside the lab.


News Sep 24, 2020 by Luke James