Patent ID: 7696769
Filing Date: 2010-04-13
Classification: G06F,H05K

Abstract:
1. A method of obtaining accurately a heat-dissipating requirement for electronic systems of a same kind using a thermal analysis software, a passed thermal module with a fan, and a fan speed regulating device, the method including steps of: (1) thermally attaching the passed thermal module to an electronic system being tested and connecting the fan to the fan speed regulating device; (2) turning on the electronic system, running the fan, and monitoring the electronic system; (3) reducing the speed of the fan until the electronic system is shut down, and recording the fan speed at which the electronic system is shut down; (4) getting a thermal resistance (Ri) of the thermal module when the thermal module runs in an open space with the fan running at the speed at which the electronic system is shut down, wherein the Ri is regards as the electronic system's heat-dissipating requirement; (5) replacing the electronic system with another such electronic system and repeating the above four steps to get the Ri of the another electronic systems, until a plurality of thermal resistances corresponding to a plurality of such electronic systems are obtained; and (6) using the thermal analysis software to analyze the Ri's of the electronic systems and getting a lower control limit (LCL) of a heat-dissipating requirement for the electronic systems.