Socket load regulation utilizing CPU carriers with shim components

US11818832B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Intel Corporation · US

Inventors

• Feroz Mohammad · Chandler, US
• Ralph V. Miele · Hillsboro, US
• Thomas A. Boyd
• Steven A. Klein · Chandler, US
• Gregorio R. Murtagian · Phoenix, US
• Eric W. Buddrius · Hillsboro, US
• Daniel Neumann · Hillsboro, US
• Rolf Laido · Poway, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 24, 2020
• Grant date: Nov 14, 2023
• Expiry date: Mar 15, 2042

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H05K2201/10325
• WIPO field: Semiconductors
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Embodiments disclosed herein include assemblies. In an embodiment, an assembly comprises a socket and a bolster plate on a board, where the bolster plate has load studs and an opening that surrounds the socket; a shim having first and second ends; and a carrier on the bolster plate, where the carrier has an opening and cutouts. The shim may have an opening through the first end as the second end is affixed to the carrier. The opening of the shim entirely over one cutout from a corner region of the carrier. In an embodiment, the assembly comprises an electronic package in the opening of the carrier, where the electronic package is affixed to the carrier, and a heatsink over the electronic package and carrier, where the first end is directly coupled to a surface of the heatsink and a surface of one load stud of the bolster plate.