[oopic] Re: ooPIC-R Optional Voltage Regulator

--- In oopic@yahoogroups.com, "rtstofer" <rstofer@...> wrote:
>
> >
> > You can mount a heatsink (permanently) to any chip with thermal
> > epoxy - but I think that you are right, I should just fire the
thing up and see if it works.
> >
>
> I guess you could glue the heatsink to the plastic case but I'm not
> sure how effective it would be. The VR is designed to move the heat
> to the tab and fron the tab to the PCB. I would think the thermal
> resistance of the plastic would be a limiting factor on the efficacy
> of a glued on heatsink.
>
> Richard
>

This is true, but since the top of the chip can get pretty darn hot
too, adding a heatsink there should help.

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