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Talking CFD Podcast – Democratization, Appification and Strategy

Talking CFD Podcast – Democratization, Appification and Strategy

December 21, 2016

I had the pleasure recently to talk with Robin Knowles as part of his Talking CFD podcast series. All credit…

By Robin Bornoff
< 1 MIN READ
A Novel Approach to Reducing Heatsink Mass Whilst Preserving Thermal Performance, using FloTHERM

A Novel Approach to Reducing Heatsink Mass Whilst Preserving Thermal Performance, using FloTHERM

May 23, 2016

Heatsinking is a common method to facilitate the removal of heat from a dissipating component, thus reducing source (junction) temperature….

By Robin Bornoff
5 MIN READ
Response Surface and Sequential Optimisation of a Heatsink Using FloTHERM. Part 6 – Response Surface Models

Response Surface and Sequential Optimisation of a Heatsink Using FloTHERM. Part 6 – Response Surface Models

May 3, 2016

So far we’ve looked at a couple of ways to optimise the design of a heatsink to meet some quantified…

By Robin Bornoff
2 MIN READ
Response Surface and Sequential Optimisation of a Heatsink Using FloTHERM. Part 5 – Sequential Optimisation and Compound Cost Functions

Response Surface and Sequential Optimisation of a Heatsink Using FloTHERM. Part 5 – Sequential Optimisation and Compound Cost Functions

March 1, 2016

Sequential optimisation is an alternative optimisation strategy that can be run in FloTHERM’s Command Center module. As with response surface…

By Robin Bornoff
3 MIN READ
Response Surface and Sequential Optimisation of a Heatsink Using FloTHERM. Part 4 – Response Surface Inspection

Response Surface and Sequential Optimisation of a Heatsink Using FloTHERM. Part 4 – Response Surface Inspection

February 23, 2016

To recap… So far in this series we’ve: Taken a simple FloTHERM application of a component+heatsink placed on a PCB…

By Robin Bornoff
3 MIN READ
Response Surface and Sequential Optimisation of a Heatsink Using FloTHERM. Part 3 – Cost Function Response Surfaces

Response Surface and Sequential Optimisation of a Heatsink Using FloTHERM. Part 3 – Cost Function Response Surfaces

February 11, 2016

A design of experiments based study will provide a scatter gun type indication of how the system performs with a…

By Robin Bornoff
3 MIN READ
Response Surface and Sequential Optimisation of a Heatsink Using FloTHERM. Part 2 – Design of (Computational) Experiments

Response Surface and Sequential Optimisation of a Heatsink Using FloTHERM. Part 2 – Design of (Computational) Experiments

February 1, 2016

The most effective, but least efficient, method to determine an optimal combination of design parameters is to consider every single…

By Robin Bornoff
2 MIN READ
Response Surface and Sequential Optimisation of a Heatsink Using FloTHERM. Part 1 – Defining a Design Space

Response Surface and Sequential Optimisation of a Heatsink Using FloTHERM. Part 1 – Defining a Design Space

January 26, 2016

Heatsinks are a very common method of aiding the transfer of heat from a source (e.g. IC die) to a…

By Robin Bornoff
3 MIN READ
Room Temperature Metal Bonding – Heralding a Revolution In IC Performance and Reliability?

Room Temperature Metal Bonding – Heralding a Revolution In IC Performance and Reliability?

January 13, 2016

A reliable electronic product is generally a cool one. In addition, one of the main limiters of non-functional performance is…

By Robin Bornoff
3 MIN READ