THERMAL CONSIDERATIONS | THERMAL CURVES |
Thermal management is an important part of the system design. To ensure proper, reliable operation, sufficient cooling of the power module is needed over the entire temperature range of the module. Convection cooling is usually the dominant mode of heat transfer.
Hence, the choice of equipment to characterize the thermal performance of the power module is a wind tunnel.
Thermal Testing Setup
Delta’s DC/DC power modules are characterized in heated |
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vertical wind tunnels that simulate the thermal |
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environments encountered in most electronics equipment. |
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This type of equipment commonly uses vertically mounted | Figure 20: Temperature measurement location |
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circuit cards in cabinet racks in which the power modules |
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are mounted. |
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| * The allowed maximum hot spot temperature is defined at 124℃ | |||||||||||||||||
The following figure shows the wind tunnel characterization | 3.0 |
| Q48DC12003(Standard) Output Current vs. Ambient Temperature and Air Velocity |
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| Output Current(A) |
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setup. The power module is mounted on a test PWB and is |
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vertically positioned within the wind tunnel. | The space | 2.5 |
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between the neighboring PWB and the top of the power |
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module is constantly kept at 6.35mm (0.25’’). | 2.0 |
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Thermal Derating |
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Heat can be removed by | increasing airflow over the | 1.0 |
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module.To enhance system reliability, the power module |
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should always be operated below the maximum operating | 0.5 |
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temperature. If the temperature exceeds the maximum |
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module temperature, reliability of the unit may be affected. | 0.0 |
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| 25 | 30 | 35 | 40 | 45 | 50 | 55 | 60 | 65 | 70 | 75 | 80 | 85 | |||||
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FACING PWB | PWB | Figure 21: Output current vs. ambient temperature and air velocity | ||||||||||||||||||
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| MODULE | @Vin = 48V(Transverse Orientation) |
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AIR VELOCITY |
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AND AMBIENT |
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TEMPERATURE |
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MEASURED BELOW | 50.8 (2.0”) |
THE MODULE | |
| AIR FLOW |
12.7 (0.5”)
Note: Wind Tunnel Test Setup Figure Dimensions are in millimeters and (Inches)
Figure 19: Wind Tunnel Test Setup
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