Patent · US Expired

Heat sink chip package and method of making

US6122171A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJul 30, 1999
Grant dateSep 19, 2000
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Expiry dateJul 30, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01L2924/1532
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention relates to enhanced thermal management of a microelectronic device package on a printed circuit board (PCB) having a solder ring or dam that encompasses a ball array. The ring or dam bears stress from disparate coefficients of mechanical expansion between the PCB and the ball array.

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