Evaluation of spreading thermal resistance for heat generating multi-electronic components

Ho Kim Yun, Young Kim Seo, Hoon Rhee Gwang

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Abstract

The Lee et al.'s equation has been widely used to predict spreading thermal resistance in a single, centered heat source and axi-symmetric condition. However, the eccentric and multiple heat sources are mounted on the base plate in many electronic applications. Thus, it is necessary to determine the spreading thermal resistance for multiple heat sources. For this purpose, we establish the correlation to predict spreading thermal resistance in this study. The correlation which transforms four heat sources to a single equivalent heat source is proposed and then the spreading thermal resistance can be obtained with the Lee et al.'s equation. When the four heat sources are mounted on a square base plate, the correlation is expressed as a function of the heat source size, the length of base plate, and the distance between heat sources. Compared to the results of three-dimensional numerical analysis, the spreading thermal resistance by the proposed correlation is in good agreement within 10 percent accuracy.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationTenth Intersociety Conference on Thermal and Thermomechanical Phenomena and Emerging Technologies in Electronic Systems, ITherm 2006
Pages258-264
Number of pages7
DOIs
StatePublished - 2006
Event10th Intersociety Conference on Thermal and Thermomechanical Phenomena and Emerging Technologies in Electronic Systems, ITherm 2006 - San Diego, CA, United States
Duration: 30 May 20062 Jun 2006

Publication series

NameThermomechanical Phenomena in Electronic Systems -Proceedings of the Intersociety Conference
Volume2006

Conference

Conference10th Intersociety Conference on Thermal and Thermomechanical Phenomena and Emerging Technologies in Electronic Systems, ITherm 2006
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Diego, CA
Period30/05/062/06/06

Keywords

  • Correlation
  • Geometric equivalence
  • Multi-heat sources
  • Numerical analysis
  • Spreading thermal resistance

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