a) Placing components strategically can help limit damage to the sensors when components fail thermally or heat due to large amounts of power dissipation.
b) Robust design for environmental stresses is needed.
c) Components that generate heat should be placed away from fault sensitive parts such as the power
d) supply or input
e) Components that may fail exothermically, such as power FETs can be strategically placed such that a failure does not propagate beyond the component.