So, you want to predict component temperatures do you? Part IV

So, you want to predict component temperatures do you? Part IV

Next stop on the avenue of package thermal modelling is 2 resistor CTMs (compact thermal models). Specifically Theta_jb and Theta_jc,…

So, you want to predict component temperatures do you? Part III

So, you want to predict component temperatures do you? Part III

The simplest of compact thermal models (CTMs) is a one resistor type. Of these the most widely quoted is Theta_ja…

So, you want to predict component temperatures do you? Part II

So, you want to predict component temperatures do you? Part II

Lumped block package representation makes the best use of limited available data to simulate for an ‘indication’ of case temperature….

So, you want to predict component temperatures do you? Part I

So, you want to predict component temperatures do you? Part I

Prediction of component temperatures is central to electronics cooling simulation, the management of their temperatures  is central to electronics cooling…

Thermatronic Stagnation (nothing to do with male deers)

Thermatronic Stagnation (nothing to do with male deers)

Stagnation, not the land of male deer, more the tendency for something not to flow. Still brown dirty pools spring…

Thermatrons Must Leave

Thermatrons Must Leave

Talk to a mathematician about thermodynamics and heat transfer and before long they’ll be showing you lots of weird symbols…

How-to: Invert your thermal model to good effect

How-to: Invert your thermal model to good effect

Thought I’d follow the previous post on this subject up with a slightly more detailed description of exactly how to…

Invert your thermal model to good effect

Invert your thermal model to good effect

Electronic thermal simulations are most commonly formed by specifying a power dissipation within a package and using numerical solution techniques…

“I work with computers”

“I work with computers”

Picture the scene, a big family get together, being cornered by the latest wife of your outward going (and rather…