The impact of a thermal spreader on the temperature distribution in a plasma display panel

Thermomechanical Phenomena in Electronic Systems -Proceedings of the Intersociety Conference

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 395-401

  Shooshtari, Amir ^a   Kahn, Jeffry ^a   Bar Cohen, Avram ^a   Dessiatoun, Serguei ^a   Ohadi, Michael ^a   Getz, Matt ^b   Norley, Julian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b GrafTech International Ltd   (United States)

Author keywords

Heat spreader; Luminosity; Natural graphite; Plasma display panel; Thermal management

Indexed keywords

HEAT SPREADER; NATURAL GRAPHITE; PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL; THERMAL MANAGEMENT;

ENERGY MANAGEMENT; GRAPHITE; HEAT LOSSES; LIGHTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TELEVISION;

PLASMA DISPLAY DEVICES;

EID: 33845598508     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ITHERM.2006.1645370     Document Type: Conference Paper

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