ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses many of the techniques available for measuring thermal properties for the materials that are useful in the construction of electronic devices and circuits. It suggests that thermal conductivity which is the important quantity for thermal management on length scales usually encountered with devices/boards. The chapter lists some of the criteria to be considered when choosing a measurement technique, either in setting one up from scratch or purchasing a commercial measurement system. It helps the reader some appreciation of the wide range of experimental methods that are available for measuring thermal conductivity or diffusivity, it presents brief descriptions of roughly a dozen other techniques. The chapter provides the basic concept of each technique, its particular requirements on equipment and samples, any advantages or disadvantages, and references for the interested reader to pursue. It groups the methods according to the time dependence of the heater power.
