Automatic electro-thermal analysis in Mentor Graphics PCB Design System

Author

Petrosjanc, K.O. ; Kozynko, P.A.

Author_Institution

Electron. & Electr. Eng. Dept., Moscow State Inst. of Electron. & Math., Moscow

fYear

2008

fDate

24-26 Sept. 2008

Firstpage

76

Lastpage

79

Abstract

Automatic electro-thermal analysis is included into mentor graphics PCB design system. The method of simultaneous iteration is used for board-level electro-thermal simulation. New software tool named TransPower is introduced to couple the electrical (Analog Designer) and thermal (BETAsoft) simulators. The design procedure is fully automated, human errors are eliminated, simulation time is significantly decreased, while accuracy and reliability are increased.

Keywords

electronic engineering computing; printed circuit design; reliability; Analog Designer; TransPower; automatic electro-thermal analysis; board-level electro-thermal simulation; mentor graphics PCB design system; thermal BETAsoft simulators; Analytical models; Circuit simulation; Data communication; Graphics; Job design; Libraries; Mathematics; Power amplifiers; Temperature; Testing; Electro-thermal modeling; PCB; automation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Thermal Inveatigation of ICs and Systems, 2008. THERMINIC 2008. 14th International Workshop on

Conference_Location

Rome

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-3365-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-2-35500-008-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/THERMINIC.2008.4669882

Filename

4669882