Electronics Cooling
World Leader in Electronics Cooling Hardware and Software
Mentor Graphics is the clear market and technology leader of thermal analysis software for the electronics industry. It has led the market with thermal simulation and analysis solutions for over a decade and has developed the largest installed base of any thermal design tool provider.
Using Mentor Graphics Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) software, engineers can efficiently predict airflow and heat transfer in and around electronic devices, which run at faster speeds and dissipate more power with every new generation.
Engineering Challenges
Airflow Optimization
One of the primary issues with electronics cooling is airflow optimization – how to ensure the devices receive the right amount of natural or forced ventilation delivered and in the most effective way possible. CFD can help you to not only visualize the flow but also optimize it. More
Package Thermal Design and Characterization
Thermal management is a vital aspect of package design. Mentor Graphics’ thermal design software ensures correct package performance, confirmed by measurement hardware that characterizes active die across all package families including system-in-package, stacked-die and MCMs. More
PCB Thermal Design
Power consumption at board-level is increasing, forcing the use of heatsinks. However, heatsinks added in late design can have a disastrous effect on downstream components in the wake of the heatsink; thus resulting in multiple board respins. Reduce PCB respin by using thermal design software. More
Package Junction and Case Temperature Prediction
Accurate temperature prediction is essential to meet internal design rules yet avoid costly overdesign. Vendors specify maximum temperature limits, making accurate prediction essential for warranty compliance. More
Heatsink Selection and Design
The performance, reliability and life expectancy of electronic equipment are all strongly influenced by component temperature. Design the best heatsink solution to enhance heat dissipation from your hottest components with the help of thermal simulation. More
Fan Selection
Using “guesstimates” to choose suitable fans may result in over-engineering or worse yet in selecting a fan which doesn’t provide enough cooling air. Select the best fan for the job by understanding which fan best matches your system pressure drop curve. More
Electronics Cooling Tools
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FloTHERM®
FloTHERM® is a powerful 3D computational fluid dynamics software that predicts airflow and heat transfer in and around electronic equipment, including the coupled effects of conduction, convection and radiation.
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FloTHERM® PCB
FloTHERM PCB is a radical new collaboration tool for product marketing, electrical and mechanical engineers that accelerates the conceptual thermal design of printed-circuit boards.
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FloTHERM® PACK
FloTHERM PACK automates the creation of simulation-based semiconductor packages, thermal characterization, and the key tasks in semiconductor package design.
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FloTHERM® IC
FloTHERM® IC is a web-based tool from Mentor Graphics that incorporates a high level of automation for key tasks related to semiconductor thermal characterization and design.
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FloEFD™
Award winning FloEFD. Embedded into major MCAD systems Concurrent CFD software FloEFD is a full-featured 3D fluid flow and heat transfer analysis package without to help Design Engineers optimize product design and speed up their workflow. Better products, faster.
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FloVENT®
FloVENT is a powerful Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) software that predicts 3D airflow, heat transfer, contamination distribution and comfort indices in and around buildings of all types and sizes.
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T3Ster
MicReD’s flagship product, T3Ster®, is an advanced transient temperature measurement system which enables rapid and extremely accurate thermal characterization of semiconductor device packages or even complete electronic systems. A scalable solution, it offers the best price/performance ratio in the market.
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TERALED®
TERALED is a specialist solution for obtaining highly accurate measurements for power LEDs. It offers combined thermal and radiometric/photometric characterization of high-power LEDs, either in combination with T3Ster or as a stand-alone system.
Toolbox
- On-demand Web Seminar: PCB Thermal Simulation
- White Paper: Investigating Limits in Naturally Cooled Systems Using FloTHERM
- White Paper: The Effect of Fan Swirl to PSU Cooling
- White Paper: Solving the System-Level Thermal Management Challenges of LEDs
Contact Mentor Graphics
- Request Information or call toll free: 1-800-547-3000
Blogs
A Little Goes A Long Way (But A Lot Doesn’t Go Much Further)
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More Than Two Decades and Still Going Strong; FloTHERM and FloVENT V9.3 Now Released
In 1989 Flomerics was the first organisation to provide application specific CFD based simulation software where all pre and post-processing capabilities were contained within a single WIMP based graphical…View Blog Post
Simulation Software So Simple Even Teenagers Can Use It
The UK government has a policy for all year 10 or year 11 students to undertake a week’s work experience. Last week we welcomed a 15 year old student to the Mentor office where the FloTHERM and FloVENT…View Blog Post