The Development of a Thermal Analysis Model Builder for a Printed Circuit Board

Abstract

The Naval Postgraduate School possesses software designed to perform thermal analysis of electronic components. At the core of this package is a model builder whose purpose is to generate a thermal model for use in steady state and transient thermal analyzers. The current version of the model builder requires excessive amounts of time for data input and model verification. This thesis describes the development of a model builder specifically designed to reduce the time required to model a printed circuit board containing up to four copper layers.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1991
Accession Number
ADA245346

Entities

People

  • Stephen J. Glaser

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Circuit Boards
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Electronic Components
  • Electronic Equipment
  • Energy
  • Equations
  • Heat Transfer
  • Heat Transfer Coefficients
  • Materials
  • Printed Circuit Boards
  • Printed Circuits
  • Radiation
  • Reliability
  • Thermal Analysis
  • Thermal Conductivity
  • Thermodynamics

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Database Systems and Applications
  • Thermal Physics or Thermal Science.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Microelectromechanical Systems