LT Spice PCB foil heat sink

Mar 17, 2019 2 Replies

This is awesome:



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I just putzed with this a little but it sure looks like the heat sink component accepts current as watts of heat and makes voltages scaled to degrees C.



There's also a thermal mosfet model but I couldn't get that to work.


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John Larkin Highland Technology, Inc picosecond timing precision measurement jlarkin att highlandtechnology dott com http://www.highlandtechnology.com

Well spotted. Could be useful if it's any good.

Cheers

Phil Hobbs

Dr Philip C D Hobbs Principal Consultant ElectroOptical Innovations LLC Optics, Electro-optics, Photonics, Analog Electronics 160 North State Road #203 Briarcliff Manor NY 10510 hobbs at electrooptical dot net http://electrooptical.net

It's claimed to be a finite-element model that even includes radiation (assuming a solder mask?)

Better than nothing, and free. I was always concerned with the part footprint area as affects theta, and this sorta handles this. Of course it doesn't do vias and such.

There's a Youtube video that shows how to use the LT Spice mosfet thermal model. The combo should be nice for pulsed applications.

Comsol has a thermal module, but that might be a hassle to learn and set up.

John Larkin Highland Technology, Inc picosecond timing precision measurement jlarkin att highlandtechnology dott com http://www.highlandtechnology.com

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