Posts tagged Computational Fluid Dynamics

Compact thermal modeling in electronics design

May 1st, 2007

Compact thermal modeling in electronics design Sarang Shidore Flomerics Inc Introduction The challenge of accurately predicting junction temperatures of IC components in system-level CFD simulations has engaged the engineering community for a number of years.…read more

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A Simple Thermal Resistance Model – Isoflux Versus Isothermal

February 1st, 2006

In most cases today thermal design for electronic products is performed with the aid of sophisticated computational fluid dynamics and heat transfer codes. Nonetheless, there may still be occasions when a thermal designer needs a…read more

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CFD Simulations in Electronic Systems: A Lot of Pitfalls and a Few Remedies

May 1st, 2005

Introduction In the past 15 years, we have observed a significant increase in the use of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) codes to calculate the thermal behavior of electronic systems. The benefits are undisputed when it…read more

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CFD Prediction of Electronic Component Operational Temperature on PCBs

May 1st, 2004

Introduction The thermal design of today’s electronic equipment relies significantly on the use of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) software for the prediction of electronics operational temperature. In the early to intermediate product design phase, CFD…read more

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Thermal characterization of active components

May 1st, 1999

In the European project SEED (Supplier Evaluation and Exploitation of DELPHI), the methods for thermal characterization of active components developed in the predecessor DELPHI (Development of Libraries of PHysical models for an Integrated design environment)…read more

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