Thermal Design Solutions

The electronics market is growing by the day especially the mobile devices industry such as the smartphone business. All kinds of devices are coming into the market every year. If you are a new player in this market, you must understand that the development of smartphones with exciting features requiresa lot of research and development.   The average device such as a smartphone contains thousands of components. Each component has its own characteristics and limits. The limits may relate to electrical, mechanical or thermal features. Therefore, a lot of analysis must be conducted so that each of these components operate within these defined limits. For example, it is important to conductthermal modelingto determine the optimal cooling scenarios. Otherwise, the device may overheat and fail. Likewise if  phase change material cooling  is to be used, the thermal model must include the unique features of the PCM in use.  As you might know that when you use an electronic d...

Are you planning to design an electronic device? If the answer is yes, then you should make sure that you are prepared to face the technology challenges that would come your way. For example, making a mobile phone is not as easy as it seems. There are years of planning that go into its industrial design, its size, marketing, promotion, branding, thermal design, and many other things that are important for its smooth functioning. You must have heard various stories of the mobile phone models getting discontinued from the market. Have you ever wondered why? Although there are various reasons, designs can go out of trend for one. But it could be due to one or more important factors that plays a key role in making or breaking the product. The thermal design is one such a factor. This is an area of design that controls how heat is produced inside a device and dissipated to the environment. This expertise is handled by highly trained and experienced  thermal engineers . Many technology c...

The most popular electronic device in the worldright now is probably the smartphone. Almost everyone you know owns it. Since the launch of the iPhone in January 2007, there has been increased demand for smaller, thinner smartphones with higher processing speeds. Although this is possible, it makes thermal management of the device difficult. There are other gating technologies for sure, but thermal challenges are at the top of the list. You might have heard people saying their smartphone got damaged because it was overheating. This happens because the device is not able to dissipate the heat produced fast enough, leading temperature increase. The smaller the device, the more difficult it is to remove the heat from the device.The reason is that heat dissipation is directly proportional to the size of the device. Even then, there is a difference between optimal thermal design and non-optimal thermal design. And that’s where  thermal modeling  comes into play.  Thermal modeli...