Electronic – this structure on PCB

pcb

My LED TV is broken, so I disassembled it, and saw this weird thing on the power stage:
weird filling

Above it, there are two 3 ohm resistors. (owners of the large drill holes in image) What could be the purpose of these? The only thing I came up with is that it is a clever use of solder to help the resistor from overheating. Is that the case here? How much of a difference – approximately – would they make?

Best Answer

It looks like a PCB heat sink. They left holes in the solder mask so solder would adhere to the copper pour to add surface area to improve heat rejection.