LED heatsink calculator
Thermal chain Junction → Ambient
LED · thermal
Heat source
Electrical power100 W
Efficiency WPE60 %
Ambient temperature25 °C
Target Tj85 °C
Heatsink & interface
Cooling
Interface RTIM0.20 K/W
Heatsink area1000 cm²
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Required heatsink area
— cm²
Junction temperature Tj
— °C
Heat Pheat
— W
ΔT heatsink
— K
Rhs heatsink
— K/W
Internal Rint
— K/W
Margin to target
— K
Model: Tj = Ta + Pheat·(Rint + Rhs), with Pheat = Pel·(1−WPE). The die+solder+board resistance is baked in (≈0.05 K/W — minor next to the heatsink). Heatsink area is the length of a fixed, typical ribbed profile (100 mm wide, 28 mm fin height, 7 mm gap, 2.2 mm fin thickness; base pressed to the source, vertical, ε=0.80 anodized finish). Heat transfer uses the same formulas as the companion widget "Aluminium heatsink dissipation calculator": the Bar-Cohen & Rohsenow correlation for an array of parallel fins, fin efficiency η=tanh(mL)/(mL), and Stefan-Boltzmann radiation with a cavity-effect correction. Steady state; for a heatsink with different proportions use that widget directly.
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