Patent · US Expired

Method of transfer molding electronic packages and packages produced thereby

US5766986A · kind A · utility

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36References
12Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMar 18, 1996
Grant dateJun 16, 1998
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Expiry dateMar 18, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01L2924/181
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A printed wiring board with either a pin grid array, a ball grid array, a land grid array, etc. of electrical contacts is prepared with a heat sink in the usual manner. A passage is provided either in the printed wiring board or in the heat sink so that during the transfer molding process, fluid molding compound passes latitudinally under the heat sink into a cavity below the heat sink to encapsulate the package.

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