Question: A computer CPU chip, 1 8 mm square, generates heat at a rate of 5 0 Watts. The chip is mounted to a 8 mm

A computer CPU chip, 18 mm square, generates heat at a rate of 50 Watts. The chip is mounted to a 8 mm thick substrate PCB board with glue. Forced convection cools a pattern of 2 mm square copper pins.
a) Determine the minimum amount of square copper pins needed to get the chip surface temperature at or below 60C. Assume the pins are perfectly attached to a copper base. Assume copper base on top of the chip is thin and has negligible conduction through the thickness. Don't forget sanity checks: number of pins must be an integer & will that many pins fit on the chip?
b) What is the total q for all cooling mechanisms?
c) What is an individual fin efficiency?
(30 Points)
tsubstrate=8mm
Ksubstrate=2.5WmK
KCopper=450.WmK
Lpin=20mm
Glue
Rtc=0.005m2(K)W
A computer CPU chip, 1 8 mm square, generates

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