Investigation of Steady State and Transient Thermal Management in Portable Telecommunication Product – Part 1

Steady state and transient thermal management in a portable telecommunication product was investigated. The steady state analysis portion will be discussed in details in Part 1. The investigation was conducted using finite element analysis (FEA) simulation on a cellular phone model. The three-dimensional simulation is based on a solid conduction cellular phone model cooled by natural convection and radiation. The FEA simulation method was verified with experimental results. In this paper, simulation study was carried out to examine various thermal solution options to improve on the heat transfer from the package to the surrounding. As conduction is the predominant heat transfer within the cellular phone, the thermal resistance can be reduced by creating a solid conduction path between the heat dissipating packages with the housing wall and improving the housing wall conduction material.