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A System to Package Perspective on Transient Thermal Management of Electronics
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- Award ID(s):
- 1934482
- NSF-PAR ID:
- 10207171
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Journal of Electronic Packaging
- Volume:
- 142
- Issue:
- 4
- ISSN:
- 1043-7398
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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