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Description
P 2011 NL 022 TITLE: Heat sinking coating
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates in general to a heatsink material.
5 BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Electric and electronic components, whether active or passive, dissipate energy and consequently they generate heat. Thus, there is a general need for heat sinking bodies, capable of absorbing and removing such generated heat. This need 10 increases as components have smaller sizes and/or higher power. Traditionally, heat sinking bodies are made from metal, typically aluminium or cupper. One problem with these materials is the large weight: heat sinking bodies tend to be bulky and heavy.
15 In most electronic circuits, cooling of the components takes place via conduction to the ambient air and/or via conduction to a carrier (PCB) on which the component is mounted. However, air is a good thermal insulator and hence not a good vehicle for carrying away heat, unless perhaps 20 forced cooling by means of a ventilator or the like is used. Also, a PCB is not an adequate heat transporter. So, heat may accumulate in the component, resulting in a rise of temperature. A typical example of electronic components where heat accumulation may form a problem are transistors. Another 25 example is the use of power LEDs in illumination systems. The operational temperature of these components has a large influence on the life expectancy of these components: the lower the operational temperature, the better the life expectancy. It is noted that another mechanism for heat 30 transport is radiation, but in electronic components this only is effective at temperatures which are as high as to be avoided in the first place.
1038892 2 US-4782893 discloses an example of a heatsinking device having a plurality of diamond particles, relatively uniform in size, impregnated in a thin film with a thickness smaller than the minimum dimension of the diamond particles and consisting 5 of a material with high dielectric strength. However, such foil-shaped device is relatively complicated to manufacture and therefore relatively costly, so that application of these devices is only feasible in expensive equipment.
10 SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It is a general objective of the present invention to provide a new heat-sinking material with greatly improved properties. Specifically, the present invention aims to provide a new heat-sinking material with a lower specific 15 weight (kg/m3) and a higher specific thermal conductivity (W/mK) as compared to cupper and aluminium. Further, while metals are not only heat conductive but also electrically conductive, the present invention aims to provide a new heat sinking material with low electric conductivity, more 20 preferably electrically insulating. Further, the present invention aims to provide such heat-sinking material that is relatively easy to manufacture and easy to apply.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
25 These and other aspects, features and advantages of the present invention will be further explained by the following description with reference to the drawings, in which same reference numerals indicate same or similar parts, in which indications "below/above", "higher/lower", "left/right" etc 30 only relate to the orientation displayed in the drawings, and in which: figure 1 schematically shows a heat sinking layer arranged on a carrier body; figures 2A-2B schematically illustrate a PCB on which an LED 35 is mounted; figure 3 schematically illustrates more details of the coating proposed by the present invention; figure 4 illustrates electrically conductive lines on top of the inventive coating.
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Figure 1 schematically shows an important aspect of the •present invention. A heat sinking layer 2 is arranged on a 5 carrier body 1. The heat sinking layer 2 is applied in the form of a coating. An important advantage of a coating is that it can be applied by spraying, which brings the advantage of allowing the coating to be easily applied on all kinds of surfaces, including curved surfaces, facetted surfaces, 10 surfaces with recesses and/or holes, etc. This would not, or only with great difficulty, be possible with a foil.
Figures 2A-2B schematically illustrate an example of a situation in which the present invention is useful. The 15 carrier body 1 is a PCB on which a heat-generating electric component such as an LED 3 is mounted. The PCB as such is insulating. If the LED 3 would be mounted directly on the PCB 1, without the invention, the generated heat would stay close to the heat source, heating the PCB and, more 20 importantly, the LED to high temperatures, as illustrated by the curve 4 in figure 2A which shows temperature as a function of place. With the inventive heat sinking layer 2, the heat generated by the LED is conducted away from the source and spreaded over a larger surface area, as illustrated by the 25 temperature curve 5 in figure 2B, so that the creation of a hot spot is avoided. Thus, a larger surface area is effectively heated to a lower temperature.
Eventually, the distributed heat should be discharged to the surroundings: in the absense of heat discharge, the entire 30 body would gradually heat up. Therefore, a second aspect of the inventive heat sinking layer 2 is that is should be capable of effectively radiating energy (infra red radiation) and/or transferring the heat to contacting air, which air is replaced by convection and/or forced air flow. In this 35 respect, too, it is advantageous if the heat sinking layer 2 distributes the generated heat over as large a surface area as possible, because the heat transfer rate towards the surroundings will be proportional to the surface area.
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Figure 3 schematically illustrates, on a larger scale, more details of the coating 2 proposed by the present invention. The coating 2 comprises a first layer 10 and a second layer 20 on top of the first layer 10. The first layer 5 10 comprises graphite powder particles 11 in a matrix 30. The second layer 20 comprises diamond nano-powder particles 21 in a matrix 30. In a preferred embodiment, the graphite particles 11 have their sizes mainly in the range from 8 to 10 pm, while the diamond particles 21 have their sizes mainly in the range 10 from 0.2 to 4 pm.
It is noted that, in the figures, the relative sizes of the graphite powder particles 11 and the diamond nano-powder particles 21 are not shown to scale.
The matrix material of the first layer 10 may be 15 different from the matrix material of the second layer 20, but it is more advantageous if both materials are the same. In a preferred embodiment, the matrix consists mainly of polyimide, while it is advantageous to use a matrix material that will quickly set (i.e. harden) under the influence of UV light. An 20 alternative material is for instance water glass (sodium silicate). An important advantage of polyimide is that it has both good heat conductive properties and good electrical insulating properties.
Graphite is electrically and thermally conductive, and 25 has a large heat capacity. The density of the graphite particles is set to be sufficiently high such that the particles are in good mechanical contact with each other, i.e.
neighbouring particles touch each other, such as to be able to quickly absorb heat and pass on heat to their neighbours.
30 Consequently, the first layer 10 will quickly take up the heat of a point heat source and will quickly convey this heat away from the source and distribute it over a large surface area.
Diamond (i.e. crystalline carbon) has a high thermal conductivity combined with very low electrical conductivity, 35 and has a low heat capacity. The density of the diamond particles is set to be sufficiently high such that the particles are in good mechanical contact with each other, i.e.
neighbouring particles touch each other, such as to be able to quickly absorb heat and pass on heat to their neighbours.
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Consequently, the second layer 20 will quickly take up heat . from the underlying first layer 10, and (in view of the low heat capacity) the second layer 20 will quickly discharge heat to the surrounding atmosphere by radiation and convection.
5 All in all, the inventive heat-sinking layer 2 provides for quickly conveying heat away from the source and distributing it over a large surface area, and also provides for quickly discharging the distributed heat to the surroundings. An equilibrium or steady state situation will be 10 reached, wherein the overall heat discharge is equal to the heat generation in the source, at a relatively low temperature of the source and its surroundings.
It is noted that, if desired, a designer may vary the density of the graphite particles and/or of the diamond 15 particles such as to vary the thermal conductivity and thus vary the heat discharge rate. Obviously, this will vary the equilibrium temperature of the object to be cooled.
A further advantageous feature of the inventive heat 20 sinking coating 2 is illustrated in figure 4. The figure illustrates that it is possible to arrange electrically conductive lines 40 on top of the coating 2, thanks to the fact that diamond is electrically insulating. In an advantageous embodiment, the conductive lines 40 are made from 25 copper or a copper alloy. The conductive lines 40 may be used as an alternative to or an addition to the conductive lines of a standard PCB. Thus, it is possible to combine, in one layer 2, the advantages of heat conduction and guided electrical conduction.
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It should be clear to a person skilled in the art that the present invention is not limited to the exemplary embodiments discussed above, but that several variations and 35 modifications are possible within the protective scope of the invention as defined in the appending claims.
In the above, the first layer 10 and the second layer 20 are separate layers applied one before the other. This has an advantage in that first equipment optimized for applying the 6 first layer can be used, and second equipment optimized for applying the second layer. However, it would also be possible that the materials of the first and second layers are mixed, and that a single layer containing both materials is applied 5 in one single spraying process.
In the above, it is explained that a sprayed coating has advantages over the use of a foil. That does not mean to say that there are no applications where the use of a foil can be useful. If it is desired to use a foil, such can be combined 10 with the present inventive concept. In such case, the coating according to the present invention is first applied on a suitable foil, now having the function of a carrier. It is possible to apply two coatings on opposite surfaces of the foil. It is possible to apply a second foil over the coated 15 first foil, so that the coating is sandwiched between two foils. It is possible to subsequently apply a heat-pressing step such as to firmly merge the foil(s) and the coating(s) by melting.
The reference numerals used in the claims only serve as 20 clarification when understanding the claims with a view to the exemplary embodiments described, and should not be interpreted in any way limiting.
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