Title :
Thermal calculation using a 3D-EM solver and thermal-electrical analogy
Author :
Nistal-Gonzalez, I. ; Bettray, A. ; Maulwurf, K.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Antennas & EM Modelling, IMST GmbH, Kamp-Lintfort, Germany
Abstract :
In this paper, a steady state thermal simulation approach is implemented, which makes use of a conventional electromagnetic simulator in order to take advantage of the existing software. To solve the problem, the thermal-electrical analogy will be taken into account, including conduction, convection and radiation. Empire XCcel™ along with a script implemented in Python have been used to simulate the built prototypes. The validation of the proposed method has been carried out with an infra-red camera.
Keywords :
computational electromagnetics; convection; heat conduction; heat radiation; infrared imaging; thermal analysis; thermal management (packaging); 3D-EM solver; Empire XCcel; Python; built prototypes; conventional electromagnetic simulator; heat conduction; heat convection; heat radiation; infrared camera; steady state thermal simulation approach; thermal calculation; thermal-electrical analogy; Electronic packaging thermal management; Heat sinks; Heating; Temperature measurement; Thermal analysis; Thermal conductivity; Thermal resistance; EM simulation; Thermal simulation; conduction; convection; radiation; thermal-electrical analogy;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation (EUCAP), 2012 6th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Prague
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0918-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0919-7
DOI :
10.1109/EuCAP.2012.6206535
