Thermographic measurements of planar inductors

Heating of circuits in electronics is an important design and operational aspect. Furthermore, there is an increasing need to check and evaluate temperature measurements acquired with the use of thermographic equipment. In other works, surface temperature distributions were captured and presented in an attempt to visualize the way heat is dissipated in the case of an integrated inductor. The aim of this paper is to interpret the thermograms captured with an infrared cooled image system during temperature measurements of Printed Circuit Board inductors.