Q-Prime®
Our proprietary Q-Prime® thermal adhesive enhances flexible circuit thermal management to help your LED designs take shape.
Let LED designs take shape.
Designed specifically for high-current, thermal control applications requiring heat dissipation, Q-Prime® technology has been relied on throughout the automotive industry for over 30 years. Designed with heat conductive adhesive (Novaclad® / Novaclad® HDI), Q-Prime® enables attached components to run at cooler temperatures than traditional flex constructions.
Q-Prime® flexible circuit technology is well suited for automotive applications, including headlamps, fog lamps, DRL, indicators, and HUDs. And with its ability to reduce cost, solve heat concerns, and deliver long-term reliability, Q-Prime® is redefining what’s possible for a range of LED applications across several industries.
Q-Prime® – Flexibility in thermal management
Flex on aluminum
Dielectric thermal impedance
°C-cm2/watt
4.5
Lateral thermal impedance
°C/watt-square
6†
Emissivity
0.3
Eff. radiative HTC
@ 30°C∆T,W/m2-k
2.1
Basis weight
grams per 100 cm2
31.3†
Low & mid power LEDs: Automotive interior, automotive exterior, troffers, structured luminaries
Q-Prime® 1300
Dielectric thermal impedance
°C-cm2/watt
1.3
Lateral thermal impedance
°C/watt-square
45
Emissivity
0.8††
Eff. radiative HTC
@ 30°C∆T,W/m2-k
5.7
Basis weight
grams per 100 cm2
7.1
Mid power LEDs: Automotive interior, automotive exterior, light bulbs, troffers, Cu-based heaters
Q-Prime® 2900
Dielectric thermal impedance
°C-cm2/watt
1.3
Lateral thermal impedance
°C/watt-square
72
Emissivity
0.8††
Eff. radiative HTC
@ 30°C∆T,W/m2-k
5.7
Basis weight
grams per 100 cm2
7.5
Mid power LEDs: Automotive interior, automotive exterior, light bulbs, troffers, Cu-based heaters
Q-Prime® NOVA
Dielectric thermal impedance
°C-cm2/watt
0.9
Lateral thermal impedance
°C/watt-square
72
Emissivity
0.8††
Eff. radiative HTC
@ 30°C∆T,W/m2-k
5.7
Basis weight
grams per 100 cm2
7.0
Mid & high power LEDs: Automotive head lamps, displays, high-intensity luminaries, light bulbs, Cu-based heaters
† based on 1 mm structural Al plate
†† with back cover layer
Q-Prime® tapes
Dielectric thermal impedance
°C-cm2/watt
0.2/1.3/1.1
Lateral thermal impedance
°C/watt-square
NA
Emissivity
0.8
Eff. radiative HTC
@ 30°C∆T,W/m2-k
5.7
Basis weight
grams per 100 cm2
0.3/0.7/0.5
Various & other: Enhanced flex-on aluminum, automotive lighting, flexible heaters, power electronics, temperature sensing
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Q-Prime® 1300
Dielectric thermal impedance: 4.5°C-cm2/watt
Emissivity††: 0.8
Basis weight: 7.1 grams per 100 cm2
Q-Prime® 2900
Dielectric thermal impedance: 1.3°C-cm2/watt
Emissivity††: 0.8
Basis weight: 7.5 grams per 100 cm2
Q-Prime® NOVA
Dielectric thermal impedance: 1.3°C-cm2/watt
Emissivity††: 0.8
Basis weight: 7.0 grams per 100 cm2
Q-Prime® tapes
Dielectric thermal impedance: 0.2°C-cm2/watt, 1.3°C-cm2/watt, 1.1°C-cm2/watt
Emissivity: 0.8
Basis weight: 0.3 grams per 100 cm2, 0.7 grams per 100 cm2, 0.5 grams per 100 cm2
†† with back cover layer
APPLICATIONS
Automotive and transportation
Commercial transportation
CAPABILITIES
Greater design flexibility
Improved thermal performance
Reliable dimensional stability
Reduced weight and space
Lower overall system cost
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
- Q-Prime® 1300
- Dielectric thermal impedance: 4.5°C-cm2/watt
- Emissivity††: 0.8
- Basis weight: 7.1 grams per 100 cm2
- Q-Prime® 2900
- Dielectric thermal impedance: 1.3°C-cm2/watt
- Emissivity††: 0.8
- Basis weight: 7.5 grams per 100 cm2
- Q-Prime® NOVA
- Dielectric thermal impedance: 1.3°C-cm2/watt
- Emissivity††: 0.8
- Basis weight: 7.0 grams per 100 cm2
- Q-Prime® tapes
- Dielectric thermal impedance: 0.2°C-cm2/watt, 1.3°C-cm2/watt, 1.1°C-cm2/watt
- Emissivity: 0.8
- Basis weight: 0.3 grams per 100 cm2, 0.7 grams per 100 cm2, 0.5 grams per 100 cm2
- †† with back cover layer
APPLICATIONS
- Automotive and transportation
- Commercial transportation
- Industrial
CAPABILITIES
- Greater design flexibility
- Improved thermal performance
- Reliable dimensional stability
- Reduced weight and space
- system
DOWNLOADS
- Q-Prime® product bulletin
Adhesive-based circuits
Our single- and double-sided adhesive-based circuits help enable new possibilities in flexible technology.
Novaclad® HDI (adhesiveless)
Built upon our proprietary adhesiveless laminate that leverages vacuum deposition, mSAP, and photolithography to enable fine-line circuitry.
Transparent circuits
Our transparent circuits provide the performance and flexibility to conform to the most complex surfaces.
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