Shin-Etsu Chemical Develops a Thermally Conductive, Double-Sided Silicone Adhesive Tape
New Tape Provides Both Superior Heat Dissipation and Long-Term
Reliability
TOKYO--(Business Wire)--
Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. (President: Chihiro Kanagawa; Head
Office: Tokyo), has developed and begun to market a thermally
conductive silicone double-sided adhesive tape, TC-20SAS, which
provides both superior heat dissipation and long-term reliability.
This product possesses higher reliability because of its
characteristics of superior thermal resistance and excellent
electrical insulation properties in addition to its high thermal
conductivity of 0.7 W/m∙K and its good adhesiveness. Moreover, it is
superior in glue-on workability and re-workability. The thickness of
this new silicone adhesive tape is 200um and its standard size is
300mm x 400mm. Thus, it can respond to desired size. The start of
mass-production is scheduled for June 2008.
Currently, the double-sided silicone adhesive tape products on the
market are mostly acrylic resin types. These acrylic resin-type
products are limited in their applications due to the deterioration
that occurs in adhesive layers at high temperatures. Shin-Etsu's newly
developed adhesive tape product is a silicone type product, and
accordingly, it can be used in a wide-temperature range of
-40(degree)C tilde+150(degree)C and is also superior in long term
reliability.
This new adhesive tape product will be exhibited at Shin-Etsu
Chemical's booth at the 10th Thermal Engineering Exhibition on heat
management at TECHNO-FRONTIER 2008, Japan's largest Electronic and
Mechatronic parts exhibition (Organizer: the Japan Management
Association), which will be held for three days from April 16 to 18,
2008 at the Makuhari Messe (Convention Center) in Chiba Prefecture,
near Tokyo.
In addition to this new thermally conductive, double-sided
silicone adhesive tape, Shin-Etsu Chemical has a line up of various
other types of thermally conductive silicone materials such as rubber
sheet, grease, gel and liquid rubber products that possess excellent
adhesiveness. Depending on the application, it is possible to meet
various heat-dissipation requirements, and Shin-Etsu will continue to
pursue the development of products to meet the future needs of a
market that will have even more sophisticated needs in the coming
years.
Silicones are highly functional materials that combine
characteristics of both organic and inorganic materials. They are
materials that provide high value-added features for products in a
wide range of industrial fields, including electrical and electronic
applications, automobiles, construction, cosmetics and chemicals.
*About heat-dissipating thermally conductive materials:
Heat-dissipating thermal interface materials are thermally
conductive compounds, which are fitted between the heat-generating
unit, such as a computer's CPU, and the heatsink. They make it
possible to effectively conduct the heat to the heatsink. Demand for
thermally conductive silicone materials is expanding for such
heat-dissipation applications as in the growing number of electronic
components in automobiles and LEDs as well as in PCs, home appliances,
and electronic game units. Moreover, due to the increasing
miniaturization and higher performance of electronic devices, the need
for more effective heat-dissipation materials is further increasing.
China:
Shin-Etsu Silicone International Trading
(Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
Lin Mei Ling, 021-6443-5550
Fax: 021-6443-5868
http://www.shinetsu.com.cn/contact/
Taiwan:
Shin-Etsu Silicone Taiwan Co., Ltd.
Jay Lee, 02-2715-0055
Fax: 02-2715-0066
http://www.shinetsu.com.tw/
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