The importance of the mean operating temperature of a monolithic integrated circuit encapsulated in a molded plastic package and its relation to the reliability of that component is reviewed. A thermal model of a plastic package is described and experimentally verified. The model is applied to measure chip or junction temperature under operating conditions, and errors which can be introduced are discussed.
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Manchester et al. (1980) studied this question.