Product category:
Heatsinks and Thermal Management
News Release from: The Bergquist Company | Subject: Gap Pad 5000S35
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 02 June 2006
Softer gap filler boosts thermal
performance
Material provides an industry-leading combination of specifications, including thermal conductivity, softness, robustness and ease of use, for demanding applications such as cooling laptop CPUs.
The Bergquist Company has extended its Gap Pad S-Class range of thermally conductive gap-filling products with the announcement of Gap Pad 5000S35 The new material provides an industry-leading combination of specifications, including thermal conductivity, softness, robustness and ease-of-use, for demanding applications such as cooling laptop CPUs, graphics processors and cards, CD-ROM drives, and voltage regulators
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 22 Oct 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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Gap Pad 5000S35 uses advanced filler and resin technologies to maximise inherent thermal conductivity and reduce interfacial thermal resistance.
With a hardness of 35 Shore OO, Gap Pad is the softest material currently on the market to offer thermal performance of 5W/mK.
Its viscoelastic formulation confers excellent interfacing and wet-out characteristics at low contact pressures, making it a natural choice for moving heat away from fragile components.
Moreover, Gap Pad 5000S35 can conform to the most demanding contours, a vital attribute in PCB applications that require transfer of heat from components of differing heights to a single heatsink.
The use of isometric glass reinforcement within Gap Pad 5000S35 allows for easy placement and repositioning during assembly, as well as conferring inherent take and hence eliminating the need to use adhesives to achieve the required thermal performance.
Unlike competing products the material will not crumble, flake or tear.
It also exhibits exceptionally low extraction of 6% when subjected to ASTM G120 silicone extraction testing.
Gap Pad 5000S35 is flame retardant to UL94V0 - the highest available rating for its material type - and is RoHS compliant.
Available in thicknesses of 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5 and 3.175mm, it is available in sheet form or die-cut to any shape or size according to customer requirements.
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