SNVS901A March 2014 – May 2014 TPS92511
PRODUCTION DATA.
ΨJT (shown in session 6.4 Thermal Information) is a relatively small value for package with exposed pad since most of the heat is dissipated through the exposed pad to the copper plate of the PCB (assuming optimized PCB layout), relatively little heat goes to the top of the device. The top of the device mold compound temperature is physically close to the device junction temperature.
For example, a 30W output TPS92511 end system at 95% power efficiency (can be estimated from the efficiency curves of Figure 13), power loss is 1.6W. Assuming all the heat is generated from the TPS92511 (which is true for high VLED), and assuming half of the heat generated is dissipated through the top of the device. Now ΨJT is 11 °C/W, the device junction temperature is estimated to be higher than the package’s top-surface temperature by 11 x 1.6 x 0.5 = 8.8 (°C). If the package top-surface temperature is measured to be 90 °C (for example by an IR camera), the device junction temperature is around 99 °C, which is within the 125°C maximum junction temperature requirement with margin.