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Method for manufacturing plastic ball grid array with integral heatsink

US6967126B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 27, 2003
Grant dateNov 22, 2005
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Expiry dateJun 27, 2023

Classification

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

Abstract

A plastic ball grid array semiconductor package employs a metal heat spreader having supporting arms embedded in the molding cap, in which the embedded supporting arms are not directly affixed to the substrate or in which any supporting arm that is affixed to the substrate is affixed using a resilient material such as an elastomeric adhesive. Also, a process for forming the package includes steps of placing the heat spreader in a mold cavity, placing the substrate over the mold cavity such that the die support surface of the substrate contacts the supporting arms of the heat spreader, and injecting the molding material into the cavity to form the molding cap. The substrate is positioned in register over the mold cavity such that as the molding material hardens to form the mold cap the embedded heat spreader becomes fixed in the appropriate position in relation to the substrate. Also, a process for forming the package includes steps of placing the heat spreader onto the substrate such that at least one of the supporting arms of the heat spreader is affixed to the substrate using a resilient fixative such as an elastomeric adhesive, placing a mold cavity over the heat spreader, and i…

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