Suppose I am soldering a 0.25W SMD resistor in a metal clad board, or in a PCB with adequate heatsink. Does the wattage of the resistor gets changed then? If yes what is the relation between the changes? Any professional way to calculate the heat dissipation in such way?
The Resistor Power Rating is
The Resistor Power Rating is sometimes called the Resistors Wattage Rating and is defined as the amount of heat that a resistive element can dissipate for an indefinite period of time without degrading its performance.The power rating of resistors can vary a lot from less than one tenth of a watt to many hundreds of watts depending upon its size, construction and ambient operating temperature.
Debashis Das
PermalinkI have found this ON Semi reference by googling it. And after a quick read, I think this docoument might be helpful to you.
The document is named: A Quick PCB Thermal Calculation for Power Electronic Devices with Exposed Pad Packages, you can google this up to get it.
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