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Arrangements to provide mechanical stiffening elements to a thin-core or coreless substrate

US6903278B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 29, 2001
Grant dateJun 7, 2005
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Expiry dateMar 5, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01L2924/3511
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In substrate packaging and mounting, such as for a flip chip mounted on a thin-core or coreless substrate, a high degree of rigidness and support is imparted to the substrate, to overcome bending/flexing/distortion during mounting/packaging of the chip and to prevent possible chip damage, by a stiffener. Such a stiffener may be of one or multiple pieces in any suitable shape/form to allow its non-interfering positioning on the substrate, and made by any suitable process of any suitable material, including conductive material and material capable of withstanding the temperatures of chip mounting/bonding operations. Such a stiffener prevents bending/flexing/distortion of thin-core and coreless substrate arrangements during mounting/interconnection processes to achieve thinner and more light-weight electronics specifically afforded by thin-core/coreless substrate arrangements while lowering manufacturing time/costs.

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