Jack,

I would be interested in seeing or hearing about it - please do have a
look for it.

Thanks,

Bob

----- Original Message -----
From: Jack Olson <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: November 24, 1999 10:49 AM
Subject: Re: [DC] Horrible Terrible Mistake ...


: I know the article you are talking about, I have saved it for many
years. I
: think it was a TO220 part they used in several different
configurations with
: the thermal analysis pictures (colored maps that look like contour
maps?)
: and the results were surprising.
: All my articles are in a huge box at home (we just moved) but if you
want me
: to find it I will.
:
: Jack
:
:                 -----Original Message-----
:                 From:   Abd ul-Rahman Lomax [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
:                 Sent:   Tuesday, November 23, 1999 11:05 AM
:                 Subject:        Re: Horrible Terrible Mistake ...
:
:
:                 I've asked SMT magazine if they were the ones who
printed
: the article about
:                 this technique of improving heat dissipation; I
could not
: find it on their
:                 web site index, which was not readily searchable. In
any
: case, the
:                 information in the article, as I recall, had been
somewhat
: mangled by
:                 either poor writing or poor editing and some of the
: technical information
:                 necessary to assess the reported results was
missing.
:
:                 Next opportunity, I plan to design a test board and
verify
: the prediction.
:
:                 [log in to unmask]
:                 Abdulrahman Lomax
:                 P.O. Box 690
:                 El Verano, CA 95433
: