International Business Machines Corporation

Barbara J McNelis

Paul Andrew Moskowitz

Lawrence Shungwei Mok

Peter G Ledermann

Stephen Dale Linam

M Lawrence Buller

Peter H Bruhn

Marvin L Buller

Brian D Arldt

Campbell H Snyder

Described is an improvement for thermal enhancement technology for high power dissipating plastic packaged electronic circuit chips derived from providing structural features in the plastic package adapted to snap fit with complementarily formed edges of heat sink members.

Method for attaching heat sink to plastic packaged electronic component

An integrated circuit chip package is described wherein the chip has an active face including a plurality of input and output pads. The chip is mounted face down on a pluralilty of flexible inner beam leads. The package's outer beam leads are bonded to pads residing on an underlying circuit board. A convective heat sink is thermally mounted to the reverse face of the chip, which heat sink is formed from folded thin metal sheet. The heat sink exhibits both minimum mass, and optimum cooling efficiency. The minimum mass reduces the cost of the heat sink through material savings and minimizes the possibility of damage to the package caused by sudden acceleration. The heat sink, in addition to itself being somewhat flexible, is provided with mounting points which are physically connected to the underlying circuit board via resilient connecting means.

Integrated circuit package with improved cooling means

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Austin, TX, United States of America

Barbara J McNelis