Room-Temperature Curing Sealant for Electronic Components

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing sealants and fillers for electrical and electronic components cure incompletely at room temperature, resulting in insufficient hardness and reliability issues due to changes in hardness over time.

Innovation Solution

A two-liquid type organopolysiloxane composition curable by hydrosilylation reaction, where the viscosity doubles within 10 minutes and increases 5-fold to 10-fold within another 10 minutes at room temperature, allowing for complete curing and improved reliability by penetrating narrow spaces and filling intricate components.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Object-affected harmful factors

If organopolysiloxane composition is cured at room temperature, then CO2 emissions are reduced, but curing is incomplete and hardness is insufficient

Engineering Contradiction:
ImproveCO2 emissionsVSAvoidcuring completeness and hardness
Core Design Contradiction:
Object-affected harmful factorsVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent modifies the chemical composition parameters of the organopolysiloxane system by incorporating specific catalysts and adjusting the ratio of vinyl-containing polysiloxane to hydrogen-containing polysiloxane, enabling the curing reaction to proceed completely at room temperature without compromising hardness or reliability

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

The patent creates a composite curing system combining multiple organopolysiloxane components with different functional groups (vinyl, hydrogen, crosslinking agents) and catalysts, which work synergistically to achieve complete curing at room temperature with sufficient hardness and long-term reliability

Inventive Principle:
Principle #40Composite materials

2Reliability

If organopolysiloxane composition is cured by heating, then curing completeness is improved, but CO2 emissions increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecuring completenessVSAvoidCO2 emissions
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces the thermal energy input (heating) with a chemically-driven curing mechanism using catalysts and reactive functional groups, allowing the curing reaction to proceed at room temperature through chemical kinetics rather than thermal activation, thereby eliminating CO2 emissions from heating while maintaining curing completeness

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

3Length of moving object

If sealant viscosity is low, then penetration into narrow spaces is improved, but filling of intricate components is insufficient

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvepenetration depthVSAvoidfilling completeness
Core Design Contradiction:
Length of moving objectVSManufacturing precision

Solution Approach 1:

The patent formulates the sealant with appropriate initial viscosity and curing characteristics that enable it to flow dynamically into narrow spaces and intricate components, then progressively increase in viscosity as curing proceeds to ensure complete filling and maintain positional stability

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Applied Scientific Principles

This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.

Function Achieved in This Case

The solution ensures sufficient curing at room temperature, enhancing the reliability and durability of electrical and electronic components by shortening heating operations and protecting against thermal stress, while maintaining impact and heat resistance.

Implementation Method 1

a two or more liquid type organopolysiloxane composition curable by a hydrosilylation reaction

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectHydrosilylation reaction: Chemical Bonding

Implementation Method 2

the viscosity of the composition being doubled at room temperature during 10 min. or more from the initial value obtained directly after mixing all the components, and being increased at room temperature from 5-fold to 10-fold of the initial viscosity within another 10 min.

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectPolymerization: Chemical Bonding

Data Source

PatentUS8546508B2Sealant or filler for electrical and electronic components, and electrical and electrical components
Publication Date: 2013.10.01 DOW TORAY CO LTD

AI summary

A sealant or filler of the invention for electrical and electronic components comprises a two or more liquid type organopolysiloxane composition curable by a hydrosilylation reaction, the viscosity of the composition being doubled at room temperature during 10 min. or more from the initial value obtained directly after mixing all the components, and being increased at room temperature from 5-fold to 10-fold of the initial viscosity within another 10 min. The sealant or filler for electrical and electronic components can be cured to a sufficient degree at room temperature and improve reliability of the sealed or filled components.