Patent Document ID: 20120116735
Application ID: 13278381
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Claim One:
1. A compact and flexible (FCTM) automatic method for modeling and thermal simulation of an electronic circuit, including: a) the breaking down of the circuit into components, each component being represented as a first model, a so-called detailed model, including at least one meshing of the component, a matrix of heat conductances and a matrix of heat capacitances, b) the definition of at least one interface area of each model, c) the formation of a reduced model of each model including the reduction of the heat conductance matrix and of the matrix of heat capacitances, d) The connection of the reduced models of the different components in order to form a reduced model of the circuit, e) the simulation of the static and dynamic thermal behavior of the circuit by means of this reduced model of the circuit, f) in the case of an unsatisfactory result of the simulation, the modification of the position of at least one component in the circuit, the formation of a second reduced model, and the simulation of the thermal behavior of the circuit with this new reduced model, g) in the case of a satisfactory result of the simulation, the design and then the manufacturing of the circuit.