ffective thermal management is key to realizing the advantages of LED lighting. The operating temperature of the LED largely impacts the lighting color and the overall lifetime. As the LED industry shifts to Higher Brightness LED’s (HBLED) and higher density LED arrays, more effective thermal management solutions are required to maintain the LED junction level operating temperature. Although standardization is common at the junction and printed circuit board level, the variety of lighting applications leads to highly customized thermal solutions at the heat sink level