Hello Kevin, The heating test performed on your PCB is to verify the compliance of the PCB usage. In some cases, the temperature on the body of non-safety critical components must verify to determine the appropriate spacing of the surrounding components, such as wires (rated 105) or capacitors (rated 85).
Following are some of "other ways to work around" you would want to try: 1. Change the diode in question by increasing the current rating of diode. 2. If the vertical clearance is permitted; mount the diode vertically with the use of a plastic spacer (94V2 or better) between diode body and PCB. This spacer is to maintain the position of the component after 3 Newton push test. 3. If temperature is marginal, change the PCB rating to 130 degree C operating temperature. Consider that the real estate on the PCB is better used when diode is in vertical position. If the above still does not help, just take two Tynenol and call the doctor in the morning. Good luck. Tac Pham [email protected]
