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Thermal Design for Product Engineers

7 chapters · 32 lessons

1. 1. Heat Generation and Transfer Fundamentals

   4 lessons

   Understand where heat comes from in electronic systems and how conduction, convection, and radiation move it.

2. 2. Designing the Heat Path

   5 lessons

   Learn to route heat from hot spots through spreaders, frames, and interfaces to the device surface.

3. 3. Passive and Active Cooling Strategies

   5 lessons

   Compare cooling methods and select the right approach for form factor, noise, cost, and power constraints.

4. 4. Thermal Throttling and Control Policy

   5 lessons

   Design software and firmware policies that balance performance, temperature, and user experience.

5. 5. Thermal Design in Mobile and Compact Devices

   4 lessons

   Apply thermal principles to phones, tablets, and wearables where space, weight, and touch temperature matter.

6. 6. Thermal Design in Laptops and Workstations

   4 lessons

   Design thermal systems for sustained workloads like compilation, rendering, and data processing.

7. 7. Thermal Design for Edge and Cloud Infrastructure

   5 lessons

   Manage heat in dense servers, edge devices, and AI accelerators where thermal limits affect operating cost and uptime.