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Old 11-06-2013   #172
mike100
 
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Default Re: TOP END REFINISHING

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Originally Posted by Schrade View Post
Anyone know if there's a spec thickness for heat sink paste?

Or if it's only for heat capacity, of the compound?
There may be a spec, but most people apply it with a razor blade or sharp spatula edge etc. At my job, we make various high power inverters and the IGBT transistor and diode packages get the thermal paste applied through a silk screen to the copper heatsink. Use a razor blade edge- the extra just squeezes out of the edges anyhow.
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