The trouble with heat.
High-performance systems generate massive amounts of heat. Ignored, that heat can frustrate engineers, destroy products, and compromise missions. To maximize performance, heat needs to be moved efficiently from the hot side to the cold side. Which means we have to optimize for two things at once: thermal conductivity and thermal resistance.
Low thermal conductivity is like having some lanes of the highway closed, limiting how much heat can pass through.
With thermal conductivity, high is better.
High thermal resistance is like forcing heat through a bottleneck while it passes across a barrier.
With thermal resistance, low is better
Data sheets don’t tell the whole story.
Thermal conductivity and resistance specs might look great on data sheets. But conventional TIMs usually fall short of moving heat in real-world applications and require painful tradeoffs.
- Liquid TIMs
Despite their benefits, liquids are a nightmare to work with, can’t be reworked, and degrade over time and cycling. - Solid TIMs
Thermal conductivity and ease of use are both positives, but thermal resistance is too high and compression set compromises performance. - Carbice® Pad, the no-compromise TIM
Great thermal conductivity. Great thermal resistance. Easy to work with and does not degrade over time & cycling.
- Liquid TIMs
Despite their benefits, liquids are a nightmare to work with, can’t be reworked, and degrade over time and cycling. - Solid TIMs
Thermal conductivity and ease of use are both positives, but thermal resistance is too high and compression set compromises performance. - Carbice® Pad, the no-compromise TIM
Great thermal conductivity. Great thermal resistance. Easy to work with and does not degrade over time & cycling.
Carbice delivers reliability, stability, durability over time. It doesn’t crack, pump out, dry out, or develop stress concentrations. We are proven to be more reliable than any other thermal solution over time and cycling. In some cases our material even improves its performance during long-term use.
Trade-offs have been par for the course.
The checklist for the perfect TIM is long and complicated. Getting everything right in a single assembly can feel like an unsolvable Rubik’s Cube. Engineers have been forced to make trade-offs at each stage of the process to the detriment of overall performance.