Thermally Conductive Insulators
Tgard™ 5000 Series
THERMALLY CONDUCTIVE ELECTRICALLY INSULATIVE MATERIAL
Tgard™ 5000 is an excellent dielectric material with good thermal performance consisting of a
polyimide film coated with a ceramic-filled, high-temperature silicone rubber.
Tgard 5000 is ideal for applications that require a delta temperature across the interface of 2.0ºC/watt
or higher on a TO-220 clip mounted @ 50 psi pressure. Tgard 5000 has high dielectric strength for the
AC side of a switching mode power supply. Tgard 5000 is tough resulting in an exceptional cut-through
resistant material.
FEATURES AND BENEFITS
• High dielectric breakdown voltage of 6,000 volts
• Film base resistance cut through
• Thermal resistance of 0.40ºC-in2/watt @ 50 psi clip
pressure
• Thermal resistance of 0.23ºC-in2/watt @ 400 psi
screw pressure
APPLICATIONS
• Switching mode power supplies
• Electrial power generators
• UPS units
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PROPERTIES
ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES
Dielectric with standard voltage
50mm probe for 30 sec
Dielectric breakdown voltage
50mm probe
Volume resistivity
Dielectric constant @1Mhz
MECHANICAL PROPERTIES
Thickness
Hardness
Tensile strength
Elongation along width or length
Operating temperature range
Color
UL flammability rating
UL 94
ASTM D2240
ASTM D412
ASTM D412
0.127 mm
75 Shore A
33.1 Mpa
45%
-60º to 180ºC
Tan
V-0
5 mils
75 Shore A
4.8 Kpsi
45%
-76º to 356ºF
Tan
V-0
ASTM D149
ASTM D149
ASTN D257
ASTN D257
4,500 volts AC
Avg >6,000
volts AC
10
12
ohm-cm
3.4
4,500 volts AC
Avg >6,000
volts AC
10
12
ohm-in
3.4
Tgard™ 5000 Series
METRIC VALUES
IMPERIAL VALUES
TEST METHOD
PRESSURE
TOTAL THERMAL RESISTANCE
Modified ASTM D5470
Modified ASTM D5470
T0-220
UNITS
10
(69)
0.62
4.0
1.31
25
(172)
0.51
3.29
1.00
50
(345)
0.40
2.58
0.82
100
(689)
0.27
2.06
0.65
200
(1379)
0.25
1.61
0.58
400
(2758)
0.23
1.48
0.54
ºC-in
2
/watt
ºC-in
2
/watt
ºC/watt
Configurations available:
Standard options:
• Sheet form, roll form and die-cut parts
• Single-side, pressure-sensitive adhesive on request
• Without adhesive (A0): 12 x 18” sheets, 12” x 65M,
12” x 30M roll or custom configuration
• With adhesive (A1): 11.75 x 18” sheets, 11.75” x 30M roll
or custom configuration
Standard part sizes for TO-220, TO-247, TO-3P, TO-3PL and TO-264
Custom configurations available with standard tolerance of 0.5mm
(0.020”). Ability to handle drawings in multiple file formats. (.DXF
and .DWG preferred)
Standard die cut parts:
Custom die cut parts:
Data for design engineer guidance only. Observed performance varies in application.
Engineers are reminded to test the material in application.
THR-DS-Tgard-5000_0614
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