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1 Note - Viewing PDF files within a web browser causes some links not to function. Use HTML for full navigationFloTHERM pack user s GuideSoftware Version October 2018 Document Revision 5 Unpublished work 2010-2018 Mentor Graphics CorporationAll rights reserved. This document contains information that is confidential and proprietary to Mentor Graphics Corporation, SiemensProduct Lifecycle Management Software Inc., and their affiliates (collectively, "Siemens"). The original recipient of thisdocument may duplicate this document in whole or in part for internal business purposes only, provided that this entirenotice appears in all copies.

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5 The following exception has been removed from the first bulleted paragraph in Generating a Two-Resistor Compact Model as it no longer applies: ..solder ball modeling options FloTHERM pack assumes an orthotropic, lumped approximation even if the detailed model choice is Restrictions have been updated for Generating DELPHI Compact Models from Uploaded PDMLJuly 20122 Detailed trace modeling added to improve accuracy for low pin count power packages and QFNs, see Detailed Trace Modeling. Feb 20133 Material property values of die flags are inherited from either the lead or spreader material, depending on the package type, see Material Properties section of Die 20144 Broken link to Application Note fixed in DELPHI Application 201451.

6 Free trials statement removed from Logging In section as these are no longer Broken link to VRML viewers fixed in Library Preview Changes due to replacement of SupportNet by Support 2018 FloTHERM pack user s Guide , HistoryOctober 2018 FloTHERM pack user s Guide , 2018 Table of ContentsChapter 1 What is FloTHERM pack ? ..11 Chapter 2 Getting Started ..13 Introduction ..13 Logging In ..13 Workbench Structure ..13 The Library Menu ..15 Summary Tab ..15 Edit Design Tab ..17 Compact Model Tab ..19 Advanced Tab ..22 Add Test Tab..23 Detailed Model Tab ..23 Library Preview Tab.

7 25 user Preferences ..25 Managing Your Folders ..26 For Corporate Account Administrators Only ..27 Managing Your Libraries..27 Moving a Library ..27 Deleting a Library ..27 Copying, Renaming a Library..27 Sending Library to Another FloTHERM pack user ..28 Sorting Your Library Display ..28 The Search Options ..28 Basic Search ..28 Advanced Search ..28 Chapter 3 General Functionality ..31 Attaching a PDML file to a Design and Generating a Compact Model ..31 Attaching a PDML File to a Design ..31 Standard JEDEC Test Models ..33 Using the JEDEC Test Environment Wizard ..33 Downloading and Importing into FloTHERM .

8 35 Material Library ..35 Assigning Materials in a Design ..35 The Main Material Library ..37 Adding a New Material..37 Editing an Existing Material ..38 user Privileges (Single- user Account)..38 Table of Contents6 October 2018 FloTHERM pack user s Guide , Privileges (Corporate Account) ..38 Chapter 4IC Packages ..39 Die..40 Using the Non-Uniform Heat Flux Feature ..41 Die Attach ..49 Die Flag..50 Encapsulant ..52 Bond Wires ..53 Solder Balls ..55 Uploading a Solder Ball Array Configuration Using a CSV File..58C4 Interconnect ..61 Leadframes ..63 Organic Substrate ..65 Ceramic Substrate.

9 69 Chapter 5 Package Families ..71 Cavity-Up Plastic Ball Grid Array (PBGA) ..72 Cavity-Down Plastic Ball Grid Array (PBGA) ..76 Wire-Bonded and Flip-Chip Ceramic Ball Grid Array (CBGA) ..78 Wire-Bonded Tape Ball Grid Array (TBGA) ..81 Micro-BGA ..83 Cavity-Up and Cavity-Down Ceramic Pin Grid Arrays (CPGA)..85 Chapter 6 Compact Modeling ..89 Two-Resistor Compact Models ..89 Theoretical Basis..89 The FloTHERM pack Approach ..91 Generating a Two-Resistor Compact Model ..91 DELPHI Compact Models ..95 DELPHI Compact Models in FloTHERM pack ..95 The Quick Junction Temperature Predictor Tool.

10 109 Generating DELPHI Networks from Fluxes.. 111 Generating DELPHI Compact Models from Uploaded PDML .. 114 Customizing Boundary Conditions for DELPHI Model Generation .. 115 DELPHI Application Note .. 121 Detailed Trace Modeling .. 121 FloTHERM pack user s Guide , 2018 List of FiguresFigure 2-1. Main Workbench Display ..14 Figure 2-2. Summary Sheet of IC Component Library with Minimum Data ..16 Figure 2-3. Summary Sheet of IC Component Library with All Data Filled ..17 Figure 2-4. Editing Your Design Sheet ..18 Figure 2-5. Localized Gridding Options for Library.