MARLBORO, MA - Thermacore recently used Flomerics’ Flotherm simulation software to show that the heat from chips used in a tower mounted amplifier did not spread out sufficiently to fully utilize the amplifier heat sink, causing the chips to overheat. Flotherm software was used to discover the problem, allowing design changes to reduce heat sink temperatures to acceptable levels.

Matt Connors, of Thermacore, said that “Accuracy is critical in thermal design because our customers want to know what will and won’t work as quickly as possible, so they can get their product into manufacturing. Since we began using Flotherm, we have been very impressed with its ability to accurately simulate thermal management challenges.”

“Simulation is much more accurate than conventional formula-driven thermal engineering methods and also takes less time, so we can investigate more design alternatives with a very high level of confidence in the accuracy of the results. Connors concluded.