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About Laird
Laird is a global technology business focused on enabling wireless communication and smart systems, providing
components and systems that protect electronics. Laird operates through three divisions, Connected Vehicle
Solutions, Wireless and Thermal Systems, and Performance Materials. Laird's Connected Vehicle Solutions includes
Telematics products, antenna solutions, smart antennas and devices for transportation markets. Wireless and
Thermal Systems solutions include antenna systems, embedded wireless modules, wireless automation and control
solutions and engineered thermal systems. Performance Materials solutions include electromagnetic interference
shielding, thermal management, and signal integrity products. As a leader in the design, supply and support of
innovative technology, our products allow people, organizations, machines and applications to connect effectively,
helping to build a world where smart technology transforms the way of life. Custom products are supplied to major
sectors of the electronics industry including the handset, telecommunications, IT, automotive, public safety, consumer,
medical, rail, mining, and industrial markets. Providing value and differentiation to our customers though innovation,
reliable fulfilment, and speed, Laird PLC is listed and headquartered in London, and employs over 9,000 people in
more than 58 facilities located in 18 countries.
Thermal Interface Solutions
As an industry leader in high-performance, cost-effective Thermal Interface Materials (TIMs) and technologies,
Laird designs and manufactures thermal products; including gap fillers and putties, phase change materials,
thermal grease, and thermally-conductive insulator materials that meet the demands of any application.
Meeting Ever-Increasing Thermal Demands
Today’s electronics are smaller and more powerful than ever before, leading to ever increasing thermal challenges
for the systems designer. While fans, heat sinks, and even liquid cooling and thermoelectric devices can be used to
provide enough cooling power, the problem remains transferring the heat from the hot components into the cooling
hardware. TIMs are designed to fill in air gaps and microscopic irregularities, resulting in dramatically lower thermal
resistance and thus better cooling. Laird is the world leader in material development for TIMs and offers the broadest
line of products to meet every design challenge. With gap filler pads, dispensable gap fillers, electrically insulating
and electrically conductive pads, Laird’s thermal interface products can solve any TIM design challenge. In addition,
Laird provides phase change TIMs that soften and fill tiny gaps at operating temperature, as well as thermally
conductive greases that conform to any surface irregularity. Laird’s thermal interface materials offer operating
temperatures up to 200°C, thermal conductivities over 8 W/mK in the Z axis, and tremendous flexibility in form factor
and packaging to support any manufacturing scenario.