TIMs

Thermal Characterization Tools for Testing and Evaluation of TIM Materials

April 22nd, 2013

Thermal Engineering Associates, Inc. (TEA) has announced the availability of a new family of thermal interface material characterization tools. According to TEA, the new tools are designed to make the testing and evaluation of TIM…read more

IBM Awarded Contract in First Phase of DARPA ICECool Program

April 19th, 2013

Researchers at IBM Corp. in New York are reportedly examining potential ways to directly integrate liquid cooling into microchip designs and packaging to help “close the gap” between the chip and chip-cooling technologies in high…read more

Report Examines Trends in the Global TIM Materials Market

April 19th, 2013

BCC Research has released a new market research report, titled “Thermal Interface Materials: Technologies, Applications and Global Markets.” According to the market research company, the primary goal of the new report is to provide “an…read more

Thermally Conductive Acrylic Interface Pads Provide ‘Excellent Conformability’ and ‘Compressive Stress Relaxation’

March 19th, 2013

Rathbun Associates, a provider of 3M thermal, VHB and EMI solutions, has released 3M thermally conductive acrylic interface pads, high-performance non-silicone-based thermal pads for use in non-silicone applications. According to the company, the new acrylic…read more

New Metal Oxide-Silicone Thermal Compound Offers Thermal Conductivity of 7.5W/mK

March 11th, 2013

German power supplies manufacturer Be Quiet! Has released DC1,  a new high performance thermal compound for critical cooling applications. According to the company, the new electrically non-conductive, metal oxide-silicone thermal compound features a “very high…read more

New Type of Heat-Conducting Paste “Optimized” for Thermal Management of Power Semiconductors

February 25th, 2013

Infineon Technologies AG and Henkel Electronic Materials have collaborated to release a new type of heat-conducting paste “optimized” for thermal management of power semiconductors. According to the two companies, the new compound allows a higher…read more

Ultrathin “Nanoglue” Increases Heat Transfer Rate Across Metal-Ceramic Interface

December 31st, 2012

Researchers at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in New York have developed a new method for increasing the heat transfer rate across two different materials. The team hopes that the study, titled “Bonding-Induced Thermal Conductance…read more

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Researchers Develop Possible New Heat Dissipation Method with Cold Plasma Treatment

November 9th, 2012

Researchers from the College of Materials Science and Engineering at Beijing University of Chemical Technology in China have determined a new method for enhancing heat dissipation in microelectronics based on research on plasma-treated h-BN fillers.…read more

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Cell Phone Battery Bursts into Flames in Man’s Back Pocket

August 28th, 2012

A cell phone battery spontaneously caught fire last month at a Defcon software hacker’s session – while in the back pocket of the owner’s pants. The phone caught on fire, burned through the anonymous man’s…read more

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Carbon Fiber Sheet Prototype Challenges Thermal Grease

August 9th, 2012

Sony Chemical & Information Device Corp. displayed a prototype of a sheet whose thermal conductivity it claims is equivalent to that of thermal grease and has a longer life span. The sheet, known as EX20000C,…read more

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New Thermally Conductive Silicone Thermal Interface Material

August 6th, 2012

NuSil Technology LLC presents EPM1-2493, a low-viscosity, low modulus silicone elastomer with a nominal thermal conductivity of 1 W/mk. Offering bond lines as thin as 5 microns, EPM1-2493 can be used to adhere materials with…read more

New Family of Highly Thermally-Conductive Bonding Materials

May 22nd, 2012

Applied Nanotech Holdings, Inc. has unveiled a new family of highly thermally-conductive bonding and printed materials called THERCOBOND™ for power electronics and photonics applications. THERCOBOND™ materials are specially designed for power electronic device packaging and…read more

Researchers Control Heat Flow with Atoms

May 7th, 2012

Through a combination of atomic-scale materials design and ultrafast measurements, researchers at the University of Illinois have revealed new insights about how heat flows across an interface between two materials. The researchers demonstrated that a…read more

Multi-Port Cages with Thermal Management

May 4th, 2012

dataMate™, a division of Methode Electronics, Inc.’s Data Solutions Group, announced the development of a patent pending SFP+ cage system with advanced thermal management features to prevent data error and hardware failure due to excessive…read more