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Master Thesis - OUFTI-1

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Figure 4.1: Example of manufacturing variation [44]<br />

• Limitations due to parameters and variation sources which can not be easily specied,<br />

such as non-linear eects, limitations of the FE mesh, physical eects that are too<br />

complicated to be easily included in the model (i.e., air or acoustic inuences), ...<br />

Most often, these diculties are overcome by including appropriate SF in the model.<br />

4.2.2 Creating FE models of PCBs<br />

The procedure to follow for creating FE models of PCBs, can be divided into 5 parts:<br />

• Determination of the PCB properties<br />

• Recognition of components eects<br />

• Modeling of the chassis<br />

• Denition of the boundary conditions<br />

• Introduction of damping<br />

4.2.3 Determination of the PCB properties<br />

The PCB properties include: Young's modulus, Poisson ratio, density, thickness, ...<br />

The specication of these properties represents the most dicult step in creating a PCB<br />

FE model. In general, their values may be provided by manufacturers. However, these<br />

values are not always exact (as shown in Figure 4.2). So, it is better to determine them<br />

by ourselves.<br />

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