Patent ID: 8119191

Claim:
A process of using an elastomeric compound as a thermal interface and an EMI shield, the process consisting essentially of: applying a shearing force to the compound thereby reducing the viscosity of the compound to render the compound dispensable, said compound comprising a cured polymer gel component and an admixture of a particulate thermally and electrically conductive filler component, said particulate filler component having an average particle size of between about 0.01-10 mils present in an amount of from about 20-80% by total weight of the compound, wherein the compound is dispensed into a gap of between about 0.25 mm and about 3.00 mm intermediate a surface of a first electronic component and a second electronic component, said compound being fluent under the shearing force exerted when dispensing said compound, and form-stable in the dispenser and the gap, and wherein the cured gel component in the compound as dispensed does not exhibit further appreciable curing.