Engineering Simulation Solutions for the

electronics Industry
With the unequalled depth and unparalleled breadth of engineering simulation solutions from ANSYS, companies
in the electronics industry are transforming their leading-edge design concepts into innovative products and
processes that work. Today, 96 of the top 100 industrial companies on the FORTUNE Global 500 invest in
engineering simulation as a key strategy to win in a globally competitive environment. They choose ANSYS as
their simulation partner, deploying the worlds most comprehensive multiphysics solutions to solve their complex
engineering challenges. The engineered scalability of our solutions delivers the flexibility customers need, within
an architecture that is adaptable to the processes and design systems of their choice. No wonder the worlds most
successful companies turn to ANSYS with a track record of almost 40 years as the industry leader for the
best in engineering simulation.
Challenges and Solutions
odays electronics engineers face numerous design and manufacturing challenges across a wide range
of applications and industries as a result of the complexity of electronics devices. These challenges
include a continual demand for product innovation to counter commoditization driven by the highly
competitive electronics environment. Designers must regularly improve existing products as well as develop
new products, paying close attention to product miniaturization, the increased complexity of design and
manufacturing, stricter government regulations, demand for lower energy consumption and smaller
environmental impact. All of these challenges are coupled with a constantly shrinking design cycle.
Demand for Continual Innovation
The suite of products from ANSYS provides electronics designers with an unequalled depth
of capabilities in an array of disciplines, including thermal management, mechanical
simulation, electromagnetic simulation and acoustic analysis. This depth allows the designer
to accurately simulate endless design variations in real-world scenarios; it also reduces the
uncertainty in product design and manufacturing that can inhibit innovation. The ANSYS

Workbench platform allows engineering simulation to be conducted in a unified user

environment with direct connectivity to MCAD, ECAD and leading electrical simulation tools, which
improves efficiency, reduces redundancy and allows for true Simulation Driven Product Development.
Design for Conflicting Specifications
With its unparalleled breadth of advanced solver technologies along with advanced physics-based
meshing, the ANSYS Workbench environment provides the electronics designer with a unified work
platform. This unique offering enables comprehensive multiphysics simulation that examines the
interactions between various design specifications in a real-world scenario, allowing the
designer to make the necessary design modifications required for an effective product.
The designer can optimize product design and evaluate trade-offs between common
specifications, such as weight, performance, mechanical and thermal reliability, and material
and manufacturing costs.
Shorter Design Cycles
The suite of products from ANSYS offers a wide breadth of application-specific
vertical products. These tools aid engineers in shortening design cycles with
built-in industry knowledge, including object-based modeling,
meshing and an extensive list of libraries and industry
standards. ANSYS regularly invests in high-performance
computing and partners with both hardware and software
vendors to reduce computational run time, allowing for
faster and more accurate simulation results.
Capabilities
Thermal management: Conduction; natural and forced convection and
radiation heat transfer; chip; board-level and system-level thermal analysis;
package thermal characterization; steady-state and transient simulation
Key products: ANSYS

Icepak

, ANSYS

Icechip

, ANSYS

Iceboard

Mechanical simulation: Random vibration; drop test; thermomechanical

stress; solder joint fatigue; delamination; creep; rigid and flexible body
dynamics; moisture and swelling analysis; nonlinear material models;
buckling; automatic contact detection
Key products: ANSYS

Mechanical, ANSYS

Structural, ANSYS

AUTODYN

, ANSYS

Fatigue module
Electromagnetic simulation: Parasitic extraction; electrostatic and magnito-
static analysis; low- and high-frequency electromagnetic analysis; low-
frequency electric and magnetic analysis; antenna radiation patterns;
near- and far-field extension analysis
Key products: ANSYS

Emag, ANSYS

Multiphysics, ANSYS

Icemax

We at Philips Lighting use

ANSYS Multiphysics software
for the design optimization of
high-pressure ceramic gas
discharge metal halide (CDM)
lamps. The model of the CDM
lamp consists of different physics
(heat, fluid and mechanics).
ANSYS Multiphysics technology
makes it possible to simulate the
CDM lamp in one single model.
We succeeded in modeling the
gas discharge, which is very
nonlinear with respect to the
heat generated in it. We can run
several tests in a single day and
gain a thorough understanding
of the design performance.

Louis Peters and Joost van der Eyden

Development Engineers
Central Development Lighting
Philips Lighting B.V.
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ANSYS Inc., founded in 1970, develops and globally markets engineering simulation software and technologies widely used by
engineers and designers across a broad spectrum of industries. The Company focuses on the development of open and flexible
solutions that enable users to analyze designs directly on the desktop, providing a common platform for fast, efficient and
cost-effective product development, from design concept to final-stage testing, validation and production. The Company and its global
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semiconductor manufacturing cell phones graphics cards
integrated circuits PCs routers servers MCMs
at-screen TVs flip chips MP3 players
electric converters radar electronics
electric motors transformers automotive engine and
safety controls actuators cell base stations avionics boxes
airborne communication guidance systems sensors BGAs
gyroscopes transducers thermalelectric coolers laptops
Capabilities (continued)
Multiphysics applications: MEMS; piezoelectricity and piezoresistivity; electro-magnetic
fluid coupling; thermalelectricstructural coupling; two-way fluidstructural coupling;
magneticstructural coupling; acousticsstructural coupling
Key products: ANSYS Multiphysics, ANSYS

Mechanical
TM
, ANSYS

CFX

, FLUENT

Advanced CFD applications: Semiconductor manufacturing; multi-phase flow; phase change;

micro channels; impingement cooling fan modeling; acoustic analysis; Joule heating and
Peltier coolers
Key products : FLUENT, ANSYS CFX, ANSYS Multiphysics