Rochester Institute of Technology

How thermal simulation could be a game-changer for the fire-resistant clothing industry

Fabric might be the last thing on your mind when firefighters rescue someone from a burning building, but without fire-resistant clothing, such rescues might not happen at all. The turnout gear that ...
Nature

Transient thermal response of micro-thermal conductivity detector (µTCD) for the identification of gas mixtures: An ultra-fast and low power method

Micro-thermal conductivity detector (µTCD) gas sensors work by detecting changes in the thermal conductivity of the surrounding medium and are used as detectors in many applications such as gas ...
Business Wire

Cadence Launches Celsius Thermal Solver, Delivering the Industry’s First Complete Electrical-Thermal Co-Simulation for System Analysis

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CDNS) today expanded its presence in the system analysis and design market with the introduction of the Cadence ® Celsius ™ ...
Semiconductor Engineering

3D Thermal Simulation Of Resistive Heating

Joule heating, also known as resistive or Ohmic heating, is the power lost to heat as electrical current flows down a conductor. We were introduced to Joule’s first law (Power dissipation = I²R, VI, ...
Electronic Design

Simulate MOSFET Heating Caused by Inrush Currents

Although electromechanical relays have historically been the primary load switch in most applications, MOSFETs have been encroaching on the relay's territory in recent years as technology advances ...
EDN

Free on-line thermal simulation tool for MOSFETs uses FEA models

Malvern, Penna.&#8212Vishay says its free ThermaSim simulation tool for MOSFETs is the first such on-line product to use finite-element-analysis (FEA) models for increased accuracy. ThermaSim, ...
New Electronics

ECXML “neutral” file format being adopted for thermal simulation

New research shows that 20% of thermal engineers have now adopted the “neutral file format” for thermal simulation, ECXML. According to 6SigmaET, which helped push for the creation of the format back ...
EDN

How electro-thermal simulation complements SiGe fabrication

Analog fabs are bolstering their electronic design automation (EDA) tool repository to complement design flows in advanced RF devices, and the latest example comes from Tower Semiconductor’s adoption ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Speeding Up Electrical Vehicle Development With Designer-Centric Thermal And Electromagnetic Simulation And Analysis

Some of the important trends driving EV development are getting more than 200 miles out of a charge, pricing below $40,000, fast charging such as less than 30 minutes for an 80% charge, increasing ...
Hindustan Times

Thermal Mechanical Physical Simulation Lab inaugurated at IIT BHU

The Thermal Mechanical Physical Simulation Lab at the Indian Institute of Technology Varanasi (IITBHU) was inaugurated by institute’s director Prof Pramod Kumar Jain. The equipment facilitates ...