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• Thermally conductive plastic resin compositions comprising polymer and combination of calcium fluoride with glass flake are useful as encapsulant compositions.
• polymeric resin compositions are used in a broad range of applications such as m automotive parts, electrical and electronic parts, machine parts and the like. In many cases, because of the design flexibility they permit, sealing capability and their electrical insulation properties, polymer resin compositions can be used as encapsulants for electrical and electronics devices or motors. However, not only are electrical insulation properties needed in the encapsu- lating polymer compositions, but they also often need to have higher thermal conductivities especially with the downsizing trend of some electrical devices.
• CLTEs Linear Thermal Expansions
• higher loading with thermally conductive filler in polymer leads to higher thermal conductivity and lower CLTE because the fillers' CLTEs are often lower than polymers" CLTEs.
• high filler loadings often decreases flow-ability of polymer compositions in melt forming proc- esses, and that can lead to failure of sealing performance or damage of core devices encapsulated with the polymer compositions.
• a thermally conductive, electrically insulating, low CLTE polymer composition with good flow* ability is desired.
• Japanese patent application publication 2003-040619 discloses a method of surface treating calcium fluoride powder with a silane coupling agent and blending the coated powder with thermoplastic resins and, optionally, fillers to produce a thermally conductive composition.
• WO 2005071001 discloses a polymer composition comprising thermoplastic polymer and calcium fluoride and fibrous filler.
• fibrous filler leads to anisotropy in mold shrinkage and in thermal conductivity between flow direction and transverse direction due to orientation of the fibrous filler.
• a thermally conductive polymer composition comprising: (a) 25 to 75 volume percent of one or more polymers; (b) 7 to about 65 volume percent of calcium fluoride
• (b) is between 10 to 90 and 70 to 30; and the percentages being based on the total volume of the composition.
• composition of the present invention comprises (a) at least one polymer, (b) calcium fluoride, (c) glass flake, and optionally (d) at least one polymeric toughening agent.
• thermo- plastic polymers include polycarbonates, polyolefins such as polyethylene and polypropylene, polyacetals. acrylics, vinyls, fluoropolymers , polyamid ⁇ s, polyesters, polysulfbnes, polyphenylene sulfides, liquid crystal polymers such as aromatic polyesters, polyetherimides, polyamideimides, polyacetals, polyphenylene oxides, polyarylates, polyetheretherketones (PEEK), polyetherke- toneketones (PEKK). and syndiotactic polystyrenes, and blends thereof.
• PEEK polyetheretherketones
• PEKK polyetherke- toneketones
• thermosetting polymers such as epoxies, polyimides, silicones, unsaturated polyester and polyurethanes can be used as component (a).
• thermoplastic polymers and polyesters, polyamides. and liquid crystal polymers (LCPs) are especially preferred.
• LCPs liquid crystal polymers
• thermoplastic polyesters include polyesters having an inherent viscosity of 0.3 or greater and that are, in general, linear saturated condensation products of diols and dicarboxyfic acids, or reactive derivatives thereof.
• they will comprise condensation products of aromatic di- carboxylic acids having 8 to 14 carbon atoms and at least one dioi selected from the group consisting of neopentyl glycol, cyclohexanedimethanol. 2,2- dimethyl-1,3- ⁇ ropane dio ) and aliphatic glycols of the formula HO(CHj) n OH where n is an integer of 2 to 10.
• Up to 20 mole percent of the diol may be an aromatic diol such as ethoxylated bisphenol A 1 sold under the tradename Dia- nol® 220 by Akzo Nobel Chemicals, Inc.; hydroq ⁇ inone: biphenol; or bisphe- noi A.
• Up to 50 mole percent of the aromatic dicarboxylic acids can be re- placed by at least one different aromatic dicarboxylic acid having from 8 to 14 carbon atoms, and/or up to 20 mole percent can be replaced by an aliphatic dicarboxylic acid having from 2 to 12 carbon atoms.
• Copolymers may be pre- pared from two or more diols or reactive equivalents thereof and at least one dicarboxylic acid or reactive equivalent thereof or two or more dicarboxylic ac- ids or reactive equivalents thereof and at least one diol or reactive equivalent thereof.
• Difunctional hydroxy acid monomers such as hydroxybenzoic acid or hydroxynaphthoic acid or their reactive equivalents may also be used as co- monomers.
• Preferred polyesters include polyethylene terephthalate) (PET), ⁇ oly(1,4-butylene terephthalate) (PBT), poly(1,3- propylene terephthalate) (PPT), poly(1,4-butylene 2,6-naphthalate) (PBN), polyethylene 2,6- naphthalate) (PEN) 1 poly(1 ,4-cyclohexylene dimethylene terephthalate)
• PCT polystyrene resin
• 1 ,4- cyclohexylene dimethylene terephthalate/isophthalate copolymer and other linear homopolymer esters derived from aromatic dicarboxylic acids including isophthalic acid: bibenzoic acid; naphthalenedicarboxylic acids including the 1 ,5-; 2,6-; and 2,7-naphthalenedicarboxylic acids; 4.4'- diphenylenedicarboxylic acid; bis(p-carboxyphenyl) methane; ethylene-bis-p- benzoic acid; 1.4-tetramethylene bis(p-oxybenzoic) acid; ethylene bis(p- oxybenzoic) acid; 1 ,3-trimethylene bis(p-oxybenzoic) acid; and 1,4- tetramethylene bis(p-oxybenzo ⁇ c) a ⁇ d, and glycols selected from the group consisting of 2,2-dimethyl
• ethylene glycol e.g.. ethylene glycol; 1 ,3-trimethylene glycol, 1,4- tetramethylene glycol;-1 ,6-hexamethylene glycol; 1 ,8-octamethylene glycol; 1.10-decamethylene glycol; 1 ,3-propylene glycol; and 1 ,4-butylene glycol.
• aliphatic acids included- ing adipic, sebacic, azelaic, dodecanedioic acid or 1 ,4- cyclohexanedicarboxylic acid.
• copolymers derived from 1 ,4-butanediol, ethoxylated bisphenol A, and terephthalic acid or reactive equivalents thereof are also preferred. Also preferred are random copolymers of at least two of PET. PBT, and PPT. and mixtures of at least two of PET, PBT, and PPT, and mixtures of any of the forgoing.
• the thermoplastic polyester may also be in the form of copolymers that contain poly(aikylene oxide) soft segments (blocks).
• the poly(alkylene oxide) segments are present in about 1 to about 15 parts by weight per 100 parts per weight of thermoplastic polyester.
• the pofy(alkylene oxide) segments have a number average molecular weight in the range of about 200 to about 3,250 or, preferably, in the range of about 600 to about 1 ,500.
• Preferred co- polymers contain poly(ethylene oxide) and/or poly(tetramethylenether glycol) incorporated into a PET or PBT chain.
• PET may be blended with copolymers of PBT and at least one poly(alkylene oxide).
• a poly(alky!ene oxide) may also be blended with a PET/PBT copolymer.
• the inclusion of a poly(alkylene oxide) soft segment into the polyester portion of the composition may accelerate the rate of crys- tallization of the polyester.
• Preferred polyamides include polyamide 6, polyamide 66, polyamide 612, polyamide 610, or other aliphatic polyamides and semi-aromatic polyam- ides. such as those derived from terephthalic acid and/or isophthalic acid. Examples include polyamides 9T; 10T; 12T; polyamides derived from hexa- methylenediamine. adipic acid, and terephthalic acid; and polyamides derived from hexamethylenediamine, 2-methylpentamethylenediamine. and terephthalic acid. Blends of two or more polyamides may be used.
• Polyacetals are another preferred type of polymer.
• Polyacetals can be either one or more homopolymers, copolymers, or a mixture thereof.
• Ho- mopolymers are prepared by polymerizing formaldehyde or formaldehyde equivalents, such as cyclic oligomers of formaldehyde.
• Copolymers can con- tain one or more comonomers generally used in preparing polyoxymethylene compositions. Commonly used comonomers include alkylene oxides of 2-12 carbon atoms. If a copolymer is selected, the quantity of comonomer will not be more than 20 weight percent, preferably not more than 15 weight percent, and most preferably about two weight percent.
• Preferable comonomers are ethylene oxide and butylene oxide
• preferable polyoxymethylene copoly- mers are copolymers of formaldehyde and ethylene oxide or butylene oxide where the quantity of ethylene oxide or butylene oxide is about two (2) weight percent.
• the homo- and copolymers are: 1) those whose terminal hydroxy groups are end-capped by a chemical reaction to form ester or ether groups; or, 2) copolymers that are not completely end- capped, but that have some free hydroxy ends from the comonomer unit.
• Preferred end groups in either case, are acetate and methoxy.
• LCP a polymer that is anisotropic when tested using the TOT test or any reasonable variation thereof, as described in U.S. Patent 4,118,372, which is hereby included by reference.
• Useful LCPs include poly- esters, poly(ester-amides), and poly(ester-imides).
• One preferred form of LCP is "all aromatic", that is all of the groups in the polymer main chain are aromatic (except for the linking groups such as ester groups), but side groups which are not aromatic may be present.
• the polymer (a) will preferably be present in about 25 to about 75 vol- ume percent, or more preferably about 30 to about 60 volume percent, based on the total volume of the composition.
• the shape of calcium fluoride Cb) is usually spherical or granular.
• the particles or granules can have a broad particle size distribution Prefera- bly, maximum particle size is less than 300 ⁇ m, and more preferably less than 200 ⁇ m. Preferably, average particle size is between 5 ⁇ m to 100 ⁇ m, and more preferably, between 15 ⁇ m to 60 ⁇ m.
• the particles or granules which have multi-modal size distribution in their particle size can also be used.
• the surface of the calcium fluoride can be modified with other material to improve properties of the compositions. For example, a coupling agent such as aminositanes and epoxysilanes to improve mechanical strength and flowability of the compositions, and a coating agent such as silicon to improve water resistance of the fillers.
• the calcium fluoride (b) will preferably be present in 7 to 65 volume percent, more preferably 25 to 55 volume percent, based on the total volume of the composition.
• the glass flakes used as component (c) in the present invention can be modified with other material to increase properties of the compositions.
• a coupling agent such as aminosilanes and epoxysitanes to improve mechanical strength of the compositions
• a coating agent such as silicon to improve water resistance of the fillers
• coating with ceramics to improve thermal conductivity.
• Component (c) will preferably be present in 2 to 50 volume percent, or more preferably 5 to 30 volume percent, based on the total volume of the composition.
• the volume ratio of (c)/(b) is between 10/90 and 70/30. or preferably between 15/85 and 50/50. more preferably between 15/85 and 35/65.
• the polymeric toughening agent optionally used as component (d) in the present invention is any toughening agent that is effective for the polymer used.
• the toughening agent will typically be an elastomer or has a relatively low melting point, generally ⁇ 200°C, preferably ⁇ 150°C and that has attached to it functional groups that can react with the thermoplastic polyester (and optionally other polymers pre- sent). Since thermoplastic polyesters usually have carboxyl and hydroxyl groups present, these functional groups usually can react with carboxyl and/or hydroxyl groups. Examples of such functional groups include epoxy, carbox- ylic anhydride, hydroxyl (alcohol), carboxyl, and isocyanate.
• Preferred func- tional groups are epoxy, and carboxylic anhydride, and epoxy is especially preferred.
• Such functional groups are usually "attached" to the polymeric toughening agent by grafting small molecules onto an already existing poly- mer or by copolymerizing a monomer containing the desired functional group when the polymeric tougher molecules are made by copolymerization.
• maleic anhydride may be grafted onto a hydrocarbon rubber using free radical grafting techniques. The resulting grafted polymer has carboxylic anhydride and/or carboxyl groups attached to it.
• polymeric toughening agent wherein the functional groups are copolymer- ized into the polymer is a copolymer of ethylene and a (meth)acrylate mono- mer containing the appropriate functional group.
• (meth)acrylate herein is meant the compound may be either an acrylate, a methacrylate, or a mixture of the two.
• Useful (meth)acrylate functional compounds include (meth)acrytic acid, 2-hydroxyethyl (meth)acrylate, glycidyl (meth)acrylate, and 2- isocyanatoethyl (meth)acrylate.
• ethylene and a functional (meth)acryiate monomer may be copolymerized into such a polymer, such as vinyl acetate, unfunctionalized (meth)acrylate esters such as ethyl (meth)acrylate, n-butyl (meth)acrylate, and cyclohexyl (meth)acrylate.
• Preferred toughening agents include those listed in U S Patent 4,753,980, which is hereby included by reference.
• Especially preferred toughening agents are copolymers of ethylene, ethyl acrylate or n-butyl acrylate, and gly- cidyl methacrylate.
• the polymeric toughening agent used with thermo- plastic polyesters contain about 0.5 to about 20 weight percent of monomers containing functional groups, preferably about 1.0 to about 15 weight percent, more preferably about 7 to about 13 weight percent of monomers containing functional groups. There may be more than one type of functional monomer present in the polymeric toughening agent. It has been found that toughness of the composition is increased by increasing the amount of polymeric tough- ening agent and/or the amount of functional groups. However, these amounts should preferably not be increased to the point that the composition may crosslink, especially before the ftnal part shape is attained.
• the polymeric toughening agent used with thermoplastic polyesters may also be thermoplastic acrylic polymers that are not copolymers of ethyl- ene.
• thermoplastic acrylic polymers are made by polymerizing acrylic acid, acrylate esters (such as methyl acrylate, n-propyl acrylate, isopropyl acrylate, n-butyl acrylate, n-hexyl acrylate, and n-octyl acrylate), methacrylic acid, and methacrylate esters (such as methyl methacrylate, n-propyl methacrylate, isopropyl methacrylate, n-butyl methacrylate (BA), isobutyl methacrylate, n-amyl methacrylate, n-octyl methacrylate. glycidyl methacrylate (GMA) and the like).
• acrylate esters such as methyl acrylate, n-propyl acrylate, isopropyl acrylate, n-butyl acrylate, n-hexyl acrylate, and n-octyl
• Copolymers derived from two or more of the forgoing types of monomers may also be used, as well as copolymers made by poiym- erizing one or more of the forgoing types of monomers with styrene, acryloni- trile, butadiene, isoprene, and the like. Part or all of the components jn these copolymers should preferabiy have a glass transition temperature of not higher than 0 °C.
• Preferred monomers for the preparation of a thermoplastic acrylic polymer toughening agent are methyl acrylate, n-propyl acrylate, iso- propyl acrylate. n-butyl acrylate, n-hexyl acrylate, and n-octyl acryiate.
• a thermoplastic acrylic polymer toughening agent have a core-shell structure.
• the core-shell structure is one in which the core portion preferably has a glass transition temperature of O C or less, while the shell portion is preferably has a glass transition temperature higher than that of the core portion.
• the core portion may be grafted with silicone.
• the shell section may be grafted with a low surface energy substrate such as silicone, fluorine, and the like.
• An acrylic polymer with a core-shell structure that has low surface energy substrates grafted to the surface will aggregate with itself during or after mixing with the thermoplastic polyester and other components of the composition of the invention and can be easily uniformly dispersed in the composition.
• Suitable toughening agents for pofyamides are described in US Patent 4.174,358.
• Preferred toughening agents include polyolefins modified with a compatibilizing agent such as an acid anhydride, dicarboxylic acid or deriva- tive thereof, carboxylic acid or derivative thereof, and/or an epoxy group.
• the compatibilizing agent may be introduced by grafting an unsaturated acid an- hydride, dicarboxylic acid or derivative thereof, carboxylic acid or derivative thereof, and/or an epoxy group to a polyoiefin.
• the compatibilizing agent may also be introduced while the polyoiefin is being made by copolymerizing with monomers containing an unsaturated acid anhydride, dicarboxylic acid or de- rivative thereof, carboxylic acid or derivative thereof, and/or an epoxy group.
• the compatibilizing agent preferably contains from 3 to 20 carbon atoms.
• Ex- amples of typical compounds that may be grafted to (or used as comonomers to make) a polyolefin are acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, maleic acid, fumaric acid, itaconic acid, crotonic acid, citraconic acid, maleic anhydride, itaconic anhydride, crotonic anhydride and citraconic anhydride.
• Preferred toughening agents for polyacetals include thermoplastic polyurethanes, polyester polyether elastomers, other functionalized and/or grafted rubber, and polyolefins that contain polar groups that are either grafted to their backbones or were Incorporated by copolymerizing with a monomer that contained one or more polar groups.
• Preferable comonomers are those that contain epoxide groups, such as giycidyl methacrylate.
• a pre- ferred toughening agent is EBAGMA (a terpolymer derived from ethylene, bu- tyl acrylate, and glycidyi methacrylate)
• the optional polymeric toughening agent When used, the optional polymeric toughening agent will preferably be present in about 0.5 to about 25 volume percent, or more preferably in about 2 to about 20 volume percent, based on the total weight of the composition.
• the compositions of this invention may optionally include one or more plasticizers, nucleating agents, flame retardants, flame retardant synergists, heat stabilizers, antioxidants, dyes, pigments, mold release agents, lubricants, UV stabilizers, (paint) adhesion promoters, and the like.
• compositions of the present invention are preferably in the form of a melt-mixed or a solution-mixed blend, more preferably melt-mixed, wherein all of the polymeric components are well-dispersed within each other and all of the non-polymenc ingredients are homogeneously dispersed in and bound by the polymer matrix, such that the blend forms a unified whole.
• the blend may be obtained by combining the component materials using any melt-mixing method or by mixing compo- nents other than matrix polymer with monomers of the polymer matrix and then polymerizing the monomers.
• the component materials may be mixed to homogeneity using a melt-mixer such as a single or twin-screw extruder, blender, kneader, Banbury mixer, etc. to give a resin composition.
• a melt-mixer such as a single or twin-screw extruder, blender, kneader, Banbury mixer, etc.
• Part of the materials may be mixed in a melt-mixer, and the rest of the materials may then be added and further melt-mixed until homogeneous
• the sequence of mixing in the manufacture of the thermally conductive polymer resin compost- tion of this invention may be such that individual components may be melted in one shot, or the filler and/or other components may be fed from a side feeder, and the like, as will be understood by those skilled in the art.
• composition of the present invention may be formed into articles using methods known to those skilled in the art, such as, for example, injec- tion molding, blow molding, extrusion, press molding or transfer molding.
• the present compositions are especially useful in encapsulating electrical and/or electronic devices, sometimes forming in a sense metal/resin hybrids.
• Such articles can include those for use in motor housings, lamp housings, lamp housings in automobiles and other vehicles, electrical and electronic hous- ings, insulation bobbin which exist between coiled wire and magnetic induc- ible metal core in stator of motors or generators, and housings which substan- tially encapsulates the stator core of motors or generators.
• lamp housings in automobiles and other vehicles are front and rear lights, in- eluding headlights, tail lights, and brake lights, particularly those that use tight- emitting diode (LED) lamps.
• the articles may serve as replacements for arti- cles made from aluminum or other metals in many applications.
• HTN-1 refers to Zytel® HTN501 a polyamide6TDT manufactured by E.I. du
• PA66 refers to Zyt ⁇ l® FE310036, a polyamide66 manufactured by E.I. du
• Modified-EPDM refers to EPDM (ethylene/propylene/diene polyolefin) grafted with maieic anhydride.
• CaF 2 refers to Calcium fluoride powder with an average size 30 ⁇ m manufac- tured by Sankyo Seifun Co., Ltd.
• Gtass flake refers to glass flake FLEKA® REFG302 manufactured by Nippon
• Talc refers to talc KOSSAP® #10 that is surface modified with an amino- silane coupling agent manufactured by Nippon Talc Co., Ltd.
• Wollastonite refers to 1% amino-siiane coated on wollastonite fibers Nyglos®8 supplied from Nyco Minerals.
• Glass fiber refers to FT756D glass fibers manufactured by Asahi Fiber Glass
• Ail ingredient quantities are given in volume percent relative to the total weight of the composition.
• compositions contain 1 weight part of terephthalic acid to 100 parts of total of HTN-1 and PA66.

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