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高性能导电封装胶如何释放氮化镓、碳化硅及EV模组的性能潜力

芯片工作时会发热,尤其是新能源汽车里的功率芯片、5G基站里的射频芯片、光伏逆变器里的功率器件,功率越来越大、体积却越来越小。这就带来一个很朴素但很棘手的问题:芯片和它下面的金属基板之间,用什么东西"粘"在一起?既要让电流能通过,又要能把热量迅速导出去,还要在-40℃到200℃甚至更高温度反复循环、长期振动的环境下几年、十几年都不开裂、不脱落——这正是ChemWhat所专注解决的"半导体封装材料"问题。传统做法是用金锡焊料或普通锡膏,但这类材料导热率有限、成本高、工艺温度高,遇到氮化镓(GaN)、碳化硅(SiC)这类新一代半导体芯片时,往往因为散热跟不上导致芯片过热降频甚至烧毁,或者因为反复冷热循环产生的应力让焊料界面产生裂纹、可靠性下降。ChemWhat的解法,简单说就是用不同"配方"的高分子导电胶/银胶/铜胶,针对不同的芯片和场景对症下药。如果是普通的LED、消费电子IC这类中低功率芯片,用的是单组分环氧树脂导电银胶,操作简单、固化温度低,还能做到芯片贴装后不翘曲、不拉丝,保证良率。如果是液晶显示屏(LCM)这种怕渗透、怕腐蚀的精密器件,则用改性聚氨酯体系的LCM导电银胶,渗透小、能快速自干、还通过了高温高湿腐蚀测试。而真正的技术难点在大功率器件上——比如氮化镓射频芯片、碳化硅功率器件、新能源汽车的IGBT驱动模块,这些芯片工作时热流密度极高,普通导电胶根本"喂不饱"散热需求,ChemWhat为此研发了不含树脂、可以直接"烧结"成致密银层的无压烧结银胶和有压烧结银胶,导热系数最高能到260W/m·K以上,相当于普通导电胶的几十倍。而且烧结温度可以降到160~200℃、不需要额外加压设备,芯片尺寸小于5×5mm时基本没有孔隙,大尺寸芯片孔隙率也能控制在3%以内。孔隙越少,说明银层越致密,导电导热能力越强、粘接也越牢固,这背后拼的其实是配方和烧结曲线的精细控制能力。比如在某个射频器件项目里,用烧结银胶替代传统的金锡焊料后,热阻直接下降了18%,芯片工作时的结温降低了10~15℃,这意味着芯片能在更热的环境下稳定工作、寿命也更长;再比如剪切力测试中,ChemWhat的产品做到51.6公斤以上,比某烧结银竞品的31公斤高出近七成,而且断裂形态是"坚硬连续状...
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High-Performance Conductive Adhesives Unlock the Potential of GaN, SiC, and EV Modules (Video)

Power chips in EVs, RF chips in 5G base stations, and power devices in solar inverters all face the same problem: as power density climbs and components shrink, what bonds a chip to its metal substrate has to conduct current, pull heat away fast, and survive years of thermal cycling between -40°C and 200°C without cracking — this is the packaging-materials challenge ChemWhat focuses on. Traditional gold-tin solder and tin paste have limited thermal conductivity and demanding process temperatures, and with GaN and SiC chips they often can’t dissipate heat fast enough, causing throttling, burnout, or interface cracking under repeated thermal cycling. ChemWhat’s answer is a family of differently formulated conductive adhesives, silver pastes, and copper pastes matched to each application: a single-component epoxy silver adhesive for low-to-medium-power LEDs and consumer ICs, low-cure and warp-free; a modified-polyurethane LCM adhesive for displays, with minimal bleed-through an...

High-Performance Conductive Adhesives Unlock the Potential of GaN, SiC, and EV Modules

I. Power Semiconductor Upgrades Drive Encapsulation Material Innovation With the rapid adoption of third-generation semiconductors (SiC, GaN), high-power IGBT modules, and automotive-grade power devices, operating current densities and junction temperatures of chips are continuously rising. Traditional tin-based solders (e.g., AuSn, SAC) are increasingly reaching their limits in terms of thermal conductivity, high-temperature reliability, and resistance to thermal fatigue. The industry broadly recognizes that: High-Voltage, High-Frequency, and High-Power Density Applications: (e.g., photovoltaic inverters, rail transit, smart grids, and new energy vehicle driving/charging systems) impose more stringent requirements for the thermal conductivity and junction temperature control of encapsulation materials. High Aspect Ratio Chips: (e.g., GaN RF devices with aspect ratios up to 5:1 or 6:1) are prone to new issues such as stress concentration and sintering delamination under ...

How Advanced Conductive Adhesives Unlock Performance in GaN, SiC, and EV Modules

Power chips in EVs, RF chips in 5G base stations, and power devices in solar inverters all face the same problem: as power density climbs and components shrink, what bonds a chip to its metal substrate has to conduct current, pull heat away fast, and survive years of thermal cycling between -40°C and 200°C without cracking — this is the packaging-materials challenge ChemWhat focuses on. Traditional gold-tin solder and tin paste have limited thermal conductivity and demanding process temperatures, and with GaN and SiC chips they often can't dissipate heat fast enough, causing throttling, burnout, or interface cracking under repeated thermal cycling. ChemWhat's answer is a family of differently formulated conductive adhesives, silver pastes, and copper pastes matched to each application: a single-component epoxy silver adhesive for low-to-medium-power LEDs and consumer ICs, low-cure and warp-free; a modified-polyurethane LCM adhesive for displays, with minimal bleed-through and p...

ChemWhat Conductive Circuit Pastes & Conductive Shielding Pastes: A Material Platform Built to Print, Stretch, and Shield (Video)

Smartphone antennas, automotive defrosting circuits on panoramic roofs, wearable ECG electrodes, and EMI shielding in telecom base stations all rely on the same category of material: conductive paste that prints, sprays, or molds like ink. This is where ChemWhat’s two product lines come in — conductive circuit pastes and conductive shielding pastes. On the circuit side, ChemWhat’s low-temperature silver paste cures at just 80–90°C, survives 5,000+ abrasion cycles, and holds 4B adhesion after 1,000+ hours of 85°C/85% RH aging. For FPC boards and touch sensors, screen printing reaches 60-micron lines, and laser etching pushes below 30 microns. A dedicated stretchable silver paste withstands 2,000+ cycles at 30% elongation, keeping wearable electrodes and roof-glass heating circuits intact under repeated flexing. The portfolio extends further — solderable low-temperature paste, low-temperature sintered antenna paste, nanoimprint and PEDOT:PSS transparent conductive ink for tran...