Surface plot of air speed between heat sink fins in Simcenter Flotherm XT

How to measure flow rate through a heat sink in Simcenter Flotherm XT

Often in a CFD model I want to know about the fluid flow rate passing through a heat sink and…

ECXML file format - electronics thermal model (JEDEC JEP181 guideline) & Simcenter Flotherm

What STEP was for CAD, ECXML is for electronics thermal simulation

‘Electronics Cooling eXtensible Markup Language’ (ECXML) is a neutral file format intended to facilitate the provision of thermal models from…

Simcenter Flotherm 2020.1 release new features includes VHDL-AMS Thermal Netlists and other reduced order modeling enhancments

Simcenter Flotherm 2020.1: What’s new

The latest release of Simcenter Flotherm 2020.1, for electronics thermal analysis has been released.   Below is a brief description on…

Electrothermal analysis aided by VHDL-AMS thermal netlist from Simcenter Flotherm

Electrothermal circuit simulation enabled by VHDL-AMS thermal netlists

Using circuit simulation software without incorporating electrothermal analysis to account for temperature effects and heat dissipation is a pretty big…

Design. Performance. Lifetime – Insights from Thermal Ohm’s Law

A blog on linkages between design, performance, and lifetime considering thermal Ohm’s law, thermal management of electronics and insight from Wendy Luiten

Using water cooling in electronics thermal management – a PC cooling example

Water Cooling? Sounds intriguing, but can liquid cooling be an effective method for thermal management of a PC system? Short…

Are heat pipes any good for my CPU?

When researching improved heat sink design to cool a CPU in a model I am developing, a common theme I…

Can’t see the Wood for the Trees …

Dealing with complex simulation data can sometimes be challenge, especially if you are dealing with large models involving many 1000’s…

So what is FOWLP and its applications?

Well, simply put, it is a relatively new high-density advanced packaging technology: Fan-Out Wafer-Level Packaging. Smartphones and wireless multimedia are…