EDA Technologies will be hosting an internationally acclaimed workshop entitled “Thermal management of electronic systems” at venues around the country: Pretoria on 29–30 October, Johannesburg on 31 October and Cape Town on 1–2 November.
Thermal management has become a critical aspect in the design of contemporary electronic systems. Power dissipation levels have grown due to increased functionality and greater degrees of integration, and careful thermal design is imperative in order to meet today’s stringent requirements for reliability.
The objective of this short course is to provide designers of electronic hardware with an understanding of the principles and practice of thermal management. A theoretical basis is used to establish useful design techniques, and these techniques are illustrated through a set of six practical case studies.
The cases span a range of applications from portable devices and consumer products to telecommunications rack systems and industrial power sets.
Each case will include a review of relevant theory, and the application of contemporary tools and techniques to achieve a successful thermal design.
Those who can benefit from this course include hardware engineers, particularly those working on high-power or temperature-sensitive applications such as telecommunications, computing or power systems; engineers and managers with responsibility for the thermal design of electronics; PCB layout designers and system integrators.
Attendees of the seminar will learn the following:
* An overview of thermal management.
* Fundamental heat transfer theory – conduction, convection and radiation.
* Materials for thermal management – interface materials, gap fillers and heat spreaders.
* Thermal characteristics of components – best practice.
* Thermal design guidelines for PCBs.
* Optimisation of heatsinks for passive and active cooling.
* Best practice in deployment of fans.
* Acoustic noise minimisation.
* Practical use of heat pipes and liquid cooling systems.
* Application of contemporary thermal design tools.
* How to take accurate measurements of temperature, airflow, pressure and noise.
* Trends in materials and technologies for next-generation thermal solutions.
The course will be presented by Dr Jeff Punch, the director of the Stokes Institute, where he leads a group which tackles reliability-related issues in electronic systems. He has over 15 years’ experience in collaborating with the Institute’s partners and clients on a range of research programmes, and has published widely on thermal management and reliability physics topics, and presented numerous invited talks worldwide.
For more information contact EDA Technologies, +27 (0)12 665 0375, [email protected], www.edatech.co.za
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