Education tools for PCB thermal analysis

The contribution describes effective tools for practical education of PCB thermal analysis. Demonstration samples were created for practical exercises in the area of simulation and measurement of temperature fields on surface of PCBs. The appropriate tools are focused on demonstration of thermal dissipation possibilities and thermal interactions between power components and on practical problems of the infrared camera measurement. The applied samples are also simulated in MentorGraphic^® HyperLynx^® Thermal software. In this way it is possible to show inaccuracies of the simulation.