Electronics Thermal + Electromagnetics
Description
- The Electronics Thermal-Electromagnetics coupled solution integrates advanced electronics thermal analysis capabilities with electromagnetic simulation tools, enabling the simulation and analysis of how electronic components interact with both thermal management systems and electromagnetic fields. You can model the behavior of two-resistor components and thermal interface materials and assess the impact of having AC currents in busbars on the thermal response of your system.
- The electronic components, boundary conditions, physics, and materials should be defined in the Electronics Thermal solution. The circuit where the AC current is applied, as well as the solid components and materials should be defined in Electromagnetics (AC Supplied Conductors) solution. The same solid geometry and name for the circuit with AC current should be used in both solutions. In Electronics Thermal, the Joule heating from the AC circuit is used to calculate the updated temperature field, while in AC Supplied Conductors, the temperatures are used to update the material properties and obtain the new Joule heating losses of the circuit.
- The Coupled Solution is defined in SimLab. First, AC Supplied Conductors database should be opened in SimLab. Next, the Electronics Thermal solution should be imported into SimLab. When creating the Coupled Solution, SimLab already detects both Electronics Thermal and Electromagnetics solution. To start the coupled simulation, use the Coupled Solution > Results > update option.