Version 3.0 of Flomerics'(www.flomerics.com) Flo/PCB thermal simulation software helps solve thermal problems in solder reflow processing associated with the use of lead-free solders. In particular, ...

Electronic packaging has continued to become more complex with higher device count, higher power densities and Heterogeneous Integration (HI) becoming more common. In the mobile space, systems that ...

Electronics companies at the leading edge of performance are being forced to address board-level thermal requirements at the earliest stages of design. Printed circuit boards (PCBs) constitute the ...

The trend in end-equipment design is to optimize the module profile for sizing. This introduces a migration from metal heat sinks to PCB copper plane-based thermal management. Today’s modules use ...

Typical 3D thermal simulation of electronics components assumes that all the power consumption the data sheets define is dissipated in the semiconductor. In the case of high current power modules, ...

Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs) are a fundamental part of the majority of electronics systems. They are primarily designed to mechanically support and electrically connect electronic components, and are ...

Thanks to MSC Software you can now download a free thermal simulation tool, PICLS Lite, via the Electronics Weekly website. It could represent a saving of hundreds of pounds, and means anyone can ...

While marketers strive to launch the next “hot” product, engineers struggle to prevent literally hot products! A recent breakthrough in thermal modeling comes just in time as electronic component ...

Simulations are typically conducted before the prototype design phase in order to reduce development efforts not only in the automotive and industrial equipment markets. Even when designing electronic ...

Maybe my Google-fu sucks, but I've been having trouble locating good circuit design software that doesn't cost an arm and a leg. At the moment, I'm mostly just interested in something that will help ...