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US 10,590,539 B2Granted
Nanofiber thermal interface material
AssigneeLintec of America, Inc.
InventorsChi Huynh, Masaharu Ito
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Abstract
A nanofiber structure is described that is composed of a substrate and a layer of oriented nanofibers. Nanofibers of the layer can be oriented in a common direction. An angle of the common direction can be selected so that nanofibers of the sheet are oriented at an angle with respect to an underlying substrate even if the underlying substrate is not planar. The angle can be used to adapt the sheets to demands as a thermal interface material.
Claims19
A method comprising:
- providing at least one layer of nanofibers;
- placing the at least one layer of nanofibers between a heat sink and a heat source;
- disposing an adhesive layer between the at least one layer of nanofibers and at least one of the heat sink and the heat source;
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- carbonizing the adhesive layer by applying heat, the carbonizing causing partial combustion of some of the adhesive layer, the carbonizing reducing a thickness of the adhesive layer from a first thickness to a second thickness less than the first thickness.
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A method comprising:
- providing at least one layer of nanofibers;
- configuring a layer of the at least one layer of nanofibers so that open ends of the nanofibers of the layer are disposed at an exposed surface;
- placing the at least one layer of nanofibers between a heat sink and a heat source, at least one of the heat sink and the heat source proximate to the open ends of the nanofibers;
- disposing an adhesive layer between the at least one layer of nanofibers and at least one of the heat sink and the heat source;
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- carbonizing the adhesive layer between the at least one layer of nanofibers and at least one of the heat sink and the heat source, the carbonizing causing partial combustion of some of the adhesive layer.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.