Philips power semiconductors join thermal library

Flomerics has made ready-to-run thermal models for Philips' power semiconductors available to designers via the SmartParts3D website.

Flomerics has made ready-to-run thermal models for Philips' power semiconductors available to designers via the SmartParts3D website.

Design engineers can now instantly download complex, calibrated thermal models of power semiconductor packages from Philips to incorporate in their Flotherm thermal simulations.

This approach saves time and also increases thermal modelling accuracy as the SmartParts3D models have been created and validated by experts from Flomerics and Philips.

Models are available now for the TO220 series packages, and models for isolated TO220, D2-PAK, D-PAK, SOT223, SO8 and LFPAK packages are expected to follow soon.

"Flotherm users can now download an accurate package model from SmartParts3D and simulate the thermal performance of that package in their own application environment," said Mike Reynell, Director of Marketing for Flomerics.

"Using these validated models eliminates the guesswork and legwork in building thermal models from scratch - a time-consuming and error-prone process." The web-based SmartParts3D library contains models for fans, heatsinks, air filters, and interface materials as well as IC and power semiconductor packages.

The library is searchable by part family, description, manufacturer, model number, and performance criteria.

Companies already contributing to SmartParts3D include Bergquist, Chomerics, Delta, Dow Corning, ETRI, Honeywell Electronic Materials, HS Marston Aerospace, Micronel, Papst, Sanyo Denki, Thermagon, Universal Air Filters, and many others.

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