Training Thermal insulator.pptVIP

Thermally Conductive Insulator Product Training What is an Insulator? Combines two capabilities into one product. It electrically insulates It thermally conducts. Why is it important ? Without electrical isolation the live electronic component would short out. Without thermal path the electronic component would over heat and fail. Insulator Materials And Their Important Properties Insulator Product Plan Use T-gard? as the trade name for insulators. Focus on Switch Mode Power Supply Market with materials based on films reinforcement rather than fiberglass Differentiate our product line by the use of film supported rather than fiberglass supported materials. Design products to the lowest cost. Main Properties Dielectric breakdown voltage Total Thermal Resistance Cut through resistance TO-220 Flammability - UL 94VO rated RTI Temperature rating Easy to use (easy to apply by hand and automate) Dielectric Strength There are two values that are typically used to describe Dielectric Strength of a material Dielectric Breakdown Voltage Dielectric Withstand Voltage Test method is ASTM D149 Dielectric Breakdown Voltage The voltage that the material will burn through the material to cause an electrical short. ASTM D149 test method allows for various size probes. Most common used: Probe #1 is 6 mm Probe #3 is 50 mm ASTM D149 has a rate of increasing voltage of 500 volts/sec. Dielectric Withstand Voltage Indicates the voltage that a material can withstand for a given length of time. Typically this 30-60 seconds in duration. Total Thermal Resistance Total Thermal Resistance (TTr) describes the actual thermal performance of the material in an application. TTr is the combined total thermal resistance of the material and the interfacial thermal resistance. Total Thermal Resistance TTr relates the temperature raise under a specific power load (Watts) and application pressure. Watts = Volts * amperage Unit of measure can be oC-mm2/watt or oC-cm2/watt oC-in2/watt oC