A thermally and electrically conductive material is provided as a mixture
of a dimethylpolysiloxane, metal (or one metal coated with another metal)
flakes and/or granules, a peroxide-based and/or a dimethyl hexane based
catalyst, PTFE powder and a platinum based fire retardant. The thermally
and electrically conductive material may be pre-formed into a film or pad
and each side of the film protected with removable release layers. The
thermally and electrically conductive material may alternatively be
produced in a screen-printable paste. As such, a layer of the thermally
and electrically conductive paste may be screen-printed on the metal
surface in a complete sheet form or as a patterned film by using a
stencil patterned screen mesh. Processes for manufacturing high- and
low-frequency circuits that include the interface material are also
provided.