A lumped chip path can turn a temperature difference into exact heat-flow power. Exact arithmetic here means exact results for the stated model inputs; measured inputs still carry uncertainty and significant-figure limits.

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Thermal resistance carries real units

The lumped thermal path has resistance 5 K/W and temperature difference 30 K.

Rth=5 K/WR_{\text{th}}=5\ \text{K/W}
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Temperature difference over resistance gives power

The checked heat-flow power is 6 W. This does not claim a distributed three-dimensional chip temperature field.

P=ΔTRth=6 WP=\frac{\Delta T}{R_{\text{th}}}=6\ \text{W}
Thermal resistanceA lumped thermal path maps temperature difference to power.temperaturepowerthermal path