JAJSAR0B March 2007 – October 2017 LM95214
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The LM95214 can be applied easily in the same way as other integrated-circuit temperature sensors, and its remote diode sensing capability allows it to be used in new ways as well. It can be soldered to a printed-circuit board, and because the path of best thermal conductivity is between the die and the pins, its temperature will effectively be that of the printed-circuit board lands and traces soldered to the LM95214's pins. This presumes that the ambient air temperature is almost the same as the surface temperature of the printed-circuit board; if the air temperature is much higher or lower than the surface temperature, the actual temperature of the LM95214 die will be at an intermediate temperature between the surface and air temperatures. Again, the primary thermal conduction path is through the leads, so the circuit board temperature will contribute to the die temperature much more strongly than will the air temperature.