25SMT-4442-01 AURORA PN: 80-10051+

Gore-Shield ®
Unique Surface-
supersoft smt emi gaskets
and grounding pads Mountable Solution

Technical Summary
GORE-SHIELD® Supersoft SMT EMI Gaskets and Grounding Pads
are highly compressible and resilient electrically conductive pads
that are compatible with standard surface mount technology
(SMT) installation processes.

GORE-SHIELD® Supersoft SMT EMI Gaskets and Grounding Pads

are comprised of a conductive silver-coated hollow silicone
extrusion bonded to a solderable silver-plated metal support
layer. Parts are packaged in EIA 481 standard tape-and-reel
format for automated placement and reflow soldering using
standard SMT processes. Parts are soldered to the ground trace
on the PCB like any other SMT-compatible component.

By piecing a series of parts of identical or varying lengths on a

PCB ground trace, a simple and efficient EMI seal can be formed GORE-SHIELD® Supersoft SMT EMI Gasket
between the PCB and corresponding shield housing. This enables Nominal Properties
users to create a low cost, custom EMI gasket at the board level Part# 25SMT-4442
without special tooling or custom installation equipment.
Property –01 –03 –04

Individual parts can be used to create reliable discrete electrical Length (mm) 3.6 3.6 8.0
contact points on the printed circuit board for grounding Width (mm) 1.7 2.5
purposes. Thickness (mm) 1.6 2.4
Recommended
Benefits Compression 1.2 1.9
• Highly compressible and resilient Stop, RCS (mm)
• Extremely cost effective
Force Required
• Highly conductive at low pressures to Compress to 2.0 3.2 8.9
• No curing required RCS (N)
• Repairable DC Resistance at
• Survives multiple solder reflow operations 0.018 0.030 0.009
RCS (Ohms)
• Compatible with standard and lead-free solder reflow Compression
Set {ambient} 4%
Design Suggestions
• Replacements for die-cut, form-in-place or stamped metal (percent of 1,000 hours @ 20C
spring-finger gaskets original height)
• RF and DC grounding pads Compression
• Conductive walls for cavity-to-cavity shielding Set {dry heat} 5%
(percent of 1,000 hours @ 85C
• Board-to-board interconnects
original height)
• Use as primary shielding method or to supplement existing
shielding methods Compression
14%
Set {moist heat}
• Flex circuit grounding 1,000 hours @ 85C
(percent of
and 85% RH
original height)
Applications
• Mobile phones, PDAs, PCMCIAs, WLAN, base-stations,
power amplifiers, laptop computers Covered by Patent No.: US 6,255,581 B1
• Anywhere high electrical conductivity is needed in a US 7,129,421 B2
compressible, resilient form Corresponding Foreign Patents issued and pending
 25SMT-4442-01 AURORA PN: 80-10051+

Gore-Shield ®

supersoft smt emi gaskets

and grounding pads

Compression/DC Resistance Performance RoHS Status

20.0 0.20 RoHS Material* Pass/Fail
25SMT-4442-01
18.0
Force (N)
0.18 Lead (Pb) Content Pass
16.0 DC Resistance (Ohms) 0.16
Cadmium (Cd) Content Pass
Compression Force (N)

DC Resistance (Ohms)
14.0 0.14
Hexavalent Chromium (Cr6) Content Pass
12.0 0.12
10.0 0.10 Mercury (Hg) Content Pass
8.0 0.08 Bromine Compounds Pass
RCS
6.0 0.06 *W. L. Gore & Associates declares that we do not intentionally add substances listed
4.0 0.04 in Directive 2002/95/EU to GORE-SHIELD® Supersoft SMT EMI Gasket material.
Independent lab tests have been performed and results are available upon request.
2.0 0.02
0.0 0.00
0.8 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6
Compressed Height (mm)

20.0 0.20
18.0 25SMT-4442-03 0.18
Force (N)
16.0 DC Resistance (Ohms) 0.16
Compression Force (N)

DC Resistance (Ohms)

14.0 0.14
12.0 0.12
10.0 0.10
8.0 0.08
RCS
6.0 0.06
4.0 0.04
2.0 0.02
0.0 0.00
1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4
Compressed Height (mm)

20.0 0.20
18.0 25SMT-4442-04 0.18
Force (N)
16.0 DC Resistance (Ohms) 0.16
Compression Force (N)

DC Resistance (Ohms)

14.0 0.14
12.0 0.12
10.0 0.10
8.0 0.08
RCS
6.0 0.06
4.0 0.04
2.0 0.02
0.0 0.00
1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5
Compressed Height (mm)

W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.

Rev. 8-21-07

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