Electrical / mechanical / thermal design integration

Author

Man, Lucian ; Pitica, Dan ; Zolog, Monica

Author_Institution

Appl. Electron. Dept., Tech. Univ. of Cluj-Napoca, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

fYear

2009

fDate

17-20 Sept. 2009

Firstpage

161

Lastpage

165

Abstract

The Intermediate Data Format (IDF) is a specification designed to provide a neutral representation for exchanging printed circuit assembly (PCA) data among mechanical design (MCAD), PCA layout (ECAD), and physical design analysis (MCAE) applications. Powerful analysis software, like Ansys, Maxwell, Semcad, Altium Designer or SolidWorks - CircuitWorks, can import the idf files and use the model for electromagnetic or thermal analysis. The information can also be used for a mechanical approach.

Keywords

electronic design automation; printed circuit design; thermal analysis; ECAD; MCAE; PCA layout; electrical design integration; electromagnetic analysis; intermediate data format; mechanical design integration; neutral representation; physical design analysis; powerful analysis software; printed circuit assembly; thermal analysis; thermal design integration; Application software; Assembly; Design automation; Electromagnetic analysis; Electromagnetic modeling; Electronic design automation and methodology; Electronic packaging thermal management; Principal component analysis; Printed circuits; Solid modeling;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Design and Technology of Electronics Packages, (SIITME) 2009 15th International Symposium for

Conference_Location

Gyula

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5132-6

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-5133-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SIITME.2009.5407379

Filename

5407379