Apparatus for accurate measurement of interface resistance of high performance thermal interface materials

InterSociety Conference on Thermal and Thermomechanical Phenomena in Electronic Systems, ITHERM

Volumn 2002-January, Issue , 2002, Pages 644-650

  Gwinn, J P ^a   Saini, M ^a   Webb, R L ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooling; Electrical resistance measurement; Measurement standards; Rough surfaces; Surface cleaning; Surface resistance; Surface roughness; Temperature sensors; Thermal resistance; Thermal sensors

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COOLING; DESIGN; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE MEASUREMENT; HEAT FLUX; HEAT RESISTANCE; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); LUBRICATING GREASES; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; SURFACE CLEANING; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TEMPERATURE SENSORS; THERMAL INSULATING MATERIALS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE MEASUREMENT; EXPERIMENTAL APPARATUS; EXPERIMENTAL UNCERTAINTY; MEASUREMENT STANDARDS; ROUGH SURFACES; THERMAL INTERFACE MATERIALS; THERMAL INTERFACE RESISTANCES; THERMAL SENSORS;

SURFACE RESISTANCE;

EID: 84950154826     PISSN: 19363958     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/ITHERM.2002.1012515     Document Type: Article

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