BFi OPTiLAS is proud to announce a Pan-European partnership agreement has been signed with Laird Technologies GmbH. This agreement covers distribution of Laird's Electro Magnetic Interference (EMI) and Thermal Interface Materials (TIM) product lines.

Laird Technologies is a global leader in the design and supply of critical components and systems for advanced electronics and wireless products.
Due to BFi OPTiLAS's successful distribution of Laird's EMI-Ferrite products in recent years (also known as Signal Integrity Products, SIP),adding Laird Technologies' EMI shielding materials to BFI OPTiLAS product portfolio was a natural step forward so as to serve the whole noise suppression market.
BFi OPTiLAS has great 'spec in' presence at the PCB level in a wide variety of applications and markets, and there is also the need to resolve thermal or EMI issues. This offers an enormous synergistic potential.

"We look forward to a successful long term partnership with Laird Technologies, who is a recognised global leader in Thermal and EMI solutions. These products fit perfectly in our current portfolio and strengthens our capability to offer complete solutions at the leading edge of technology" said Philippe Gruson, President of BFi OPTiLAS.

EMI Shielding Products include: board level shield, EMI-gaskets, fingerstocks, Electro-air filters, electrically conductive elastomers, and microwave absorbers, etc.
Thermal Interface Materials include gap fillers (including putties), thermally conductive insulator materials, phase change materials, thermally conductive circuit boards, thermal grease etc.

Laird Technologies' products are ideal for a wide range of applications spanning many markets including aerospace, automotive electronics, computer, data communications, industrial and instrumentation, medical, power conversion, network, telecommunications markets etc.

About Laird Technologies GmbH
Laird Technologies is a global market leader in the design and supply of electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding, thermal management products, mechanical actuation systems, signal integrity components, and wireless antennae solutions, as well as radio frequency (RF) modules and systems.

MAGNETICS® new XFLUX cores are distributed air gap toroidal cores made from 6.5% SiFe material. A true high temperature material, with no thermal aging, XFLUX offers lower losses than powder iron cores and superior DC Bias performance.

For technical information regarding material characteristics and core parameters, refer to the XFLUX bulletin.

The LM085 grade of 200°C-rated materials is an 85 permeability material developed for high bias, low acoustic noise applications (low magnetostriction). LM085 exhibits excellent loss characteristics from 1 kilohertz to beyond 1 megahertz. LM085 demonstrates a limited rise of amplitude permeability as compared to our other higher-permeability materials, exhibiting 155% of its initial permeability at 2500 Gauss. This limited increase in permeability is applicable in the design of inductors exposed to widely varying AC flux, can tolerate limited inductance swing, and require a higher-permeability material.

For DC-biased applications, LM085 maintains 90% of its initial permeability at 14 Oersted. If considered for wideband applications, the permeability versus frequency characteristic varies by less than 10% from DC to 100 megahertz. Saturation flux density is beyond 14,000 Gauss. Temperature coefficient of permeability is -451 ppm/°C.

The LM085 material grade is immediately available in select toroidal sizes and can be sampled in specific shapes upon request. Please contact Micrometals, Inc., at (714) 970-9400 for more information or to arrange for samples to be sent for your evaluation. T94-LM085 core is currently priced at $0.376 each at 1000 pieces and lead time for production quantities is typically 8 weeks. Prices are subject to revision, please contact the Micrometals Sales Department for current pricing.