Posted Jul 20, 2010, by Nazita Saye
In a recent survey, 60% of mechanical engineers in electronics companies stated that thermal issues had forced board layout changes during the previous 12 months. While I can’t purport to know how much respins cost within every organization, I’m willing to bet it is not an insignificant amount – especially if the company has a large portfolio. But I know that thermal simulation can help minimize the … Read More
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Simulation,
Respin,
Thermal Design,
board-level,
Boardstation,
Allegro,
Expedition,
FloTHERM PCB,
CR5000,
Design Engineer
Posted Jul 19, 2010, by John Parry
If you’re involved in CFD in education in any way this will be of interest to you. Since shortly after Flomerics were acquired by Mentor Graphics we’ve been working towards getting out products into Mentor’s Higher Education Program (HEP), and we’ve finally got it done.
To my knowledge, the availability of potentially millions of dollars worth of commercial CFD software, plus support and training, … Read More
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Mentor HEP,
Higher Education,
Thermal Design,
Concurrent CFD,
Education,
CFD,
Thermal Management,
FloTHERM,
FloVENT,
Upfront CFD,
Electronics Cooling,
FloEFD
Posted Jul 1, 2010, by John Parry
“Authorities in the US have instructed Sony to conduct a recall of its Vaio laptops, after problems with overheating were reported.” started this article on the BBC’s web site.
There is a saying, ” the news is never as good or as bad as it is first reported”. And so it is with this story. It’s not a product recall, as the story later goes on to explain, but what grabbed my attention was that the problem … Read More
Tags:
Design Process,
Electronics Cooling,
CFD,
Thermal Design,
Thermal Management,
FloTHERM,
Reliability
Posted Jun 17, 2010, by John Wilson
Just a quick note that I will be participating in an EDN Editorial Webcast on Friday, June 25, 2010. There are four panelists that offer up some valuable insight into the challenges associated with the reliability of LEDS. LEDS are a relatively new technology when compared to other semiconductor devices and standards for testing and reliability prediction are not yet universally accepted.
You can … Read More
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MCPCB,
Reliability,
LEDs,
Thermal Testing,
Standards,
Thermal Design
Posted Jun 4, 2010, by John Parry
I’ve not posted for a while, which is rather remiss of me. I underestimated the response we would get to our Heatsink 201 webinar, which I gather was our most popular ever, and the number of questions that people would ask. I had around 120 questions, which after removing duplicates and those to do with logistics ended up at around 80, so it took a while to answer them all. I’ll select a couple of good … Read More
Tags:
Thermal Design,
Concurrent CFD,
Electronics Cooling,
CFD,
JEDEC JC15,
NAFEMS,
Heatsink,
heatsink 201
Posted Apr 13, 2010, by Nazita Saye
I don’t like dark rooms –it’s probably because I’ve lived in California most of my life so I’ve gotten used to having lots of ambient daylight. My heart sinks when I walk into a room in the middle of the day and it’s darker than a cavern. The guys in the office always know when I’m in the building because I flip the light switches as I walk through the building. Now let me make this clear… I don’t … Read More
Tags:
LED,
Optimize,
CFD,
Thermal Design,
Physical Prototype,
Simulation
Posted Mar 24, 2010, by John Parry
Thermal management of LEDs (Light Emitting Diodes) is an important application for CFD software, which is helping designers use LEDs for high-power lighting applications. However, LEDs are changing our lives in so many more ways than simply providing more energy efficient or more aesthetic lighting solutions.
Last year I posted about a light therapy device that desensitizes the nasal passages, inhibiting … Read More
Tags:
Skin Cancer,
Reliability,
Thermal Characterization,
CFD,
Electronics Cooling,
Air Cooling,
Thermal Design,
LEDs,
Light therapy,
Energy Saving,
FloEFD
Posted Mar 9, 2010, by John Parry
I’m just back from a very productive SEMI-THERM Conference where we launched our new FloTHERM IC product. We had meetings with the editors of 5 leading electronics magazines to coincide with the launch, which was made at our vendor presentation during the exhibition at the start of Tuesday afternoon. Well done to all involved! If you want to see what others are saying about FloTHERM IC check out the … Read More
Tags:
Thermal Design,
SEMI-THERM Conference,
Thermal Management,
DELPHI Model,
Electronics Cooling,
2-Resistor Model,
JEDEC,
JEDEC JC15,
FloTHERM,
FloTHERM IC
Posted Feb 23, 2010, by Boris Marovic
Ok, last time I promised you to put a picture of me as Dr. Zoidberg from Futurama on here. Well here it is! What do you think?
Now back to the PC model. In the post before the last one I said I will show you the Mainboard and its main features. As you can see I modelled the heat sink in pretty good detail. I did that to show you a little feature of FloEFD™V5 or better said in all of our FloEFD … Read More
Tags:
FloEFD,
FloEFD Project,
Electronics Cooling,
Thermal Design
Posted Feb 19, 2010, by John Parry
Just a very quick post to alert you to the new ElectronicsCooling Magazine web site. We’ve updated the look of the site to improve navigation ahead of the relaunch of the printed magazine. Here’s just some of the features of the new site:
New look and feel
Search
Improved Article and Content Navigation by author; category (Calculation Corner, New Products, Technical Brief); channel (Industries, … Read More
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Thermal Management,
Thermal Design,
FloEFD,
FloTHERM.PCB,
FloTHERM,
Electronics Cooling,
Design Process,
FloTHERM.PACK,
CFD
Jim Martens
Harry Foster
John Day
J VanDomelen
Paul Johnston
Robin Bornoff
Dennis Brophy
Mike Jensen
Colin Walls
Travis Mikjaniec
Per Viklund