round aluminum heat sink

Heat sinks are devices that enhance heat dissipation from a hot surface, usually the case of a heat generating component, to a cooler ambient, usually air. For the following discussions, air is assumed to be the cooling fluid. In most situations, heat transfer across the interface between the solid surface and the coolant air is the lead efficient within the system, and the solid-air interface represents the greatest barrier for heat dissipation. A heat sink lowers this barrier mainly by increasing the surface area that is in direct contact with the coolant. This allows more heat to be dissipated and/or lowers the device operating temperature. The primary purpose of a heat sink is to maintain the device temperature below the maximum allowable temperature specified by the device manufacturer.

An extruded aluminum heat sink is one of the most popular and cost-efficient heat sink fabrication methods. Remgar Metal company produces a wide variety of Standard Extruded Heat Sink options for quick solutions optimized for board level devices like TO packages, BGA/FPGA devices, and even CPUs & GPUs. These standard heat sinks are available with different mounting methods and some come with pre-applied thermal interface materials to streamline assembly into your PCB.