St Assembly Test Services Inc.

Gerry Balanon

Il Kwon Shim

Seng Guan Chow

Hermes T Apale

A package is provided for a semiconductor device including a semiconductor device support substrate having at least one interconnect metal therein connectible to a ground and having at least one opening exposing the surface of the interconnect metal. A heat sink has elastic means integral therewith for cooperating with the opening to position and secure the heat sink to the semiconductor support substrate.

Semiconductor package with heat sink

A PBGA package is provided. The heat spreader interfaces with the substrate with the standoff of the heat spreader. The stand-off of the heat spreader is provided with an opening, the stand-off of the heat spreader is aligned with the substrate of the PBGA package by means of a copper pad that is provided over a second surface of the substrate. A solder bump is further provided over the surface of the copper pad. Thermally conductive solder is deposited over the opening of the heat spreader and over the copper pad. If the heat spreader stand-off is aligned with contact pads, thermally conductive epoxy is deposited over the contact pads.

Heat spreader interconnect for thermally enhanced PBGA packages

A new method is provided for the interface between a heat spreader and the substrate of a thermally improved PBGA package. The heat spreader interfaces with the substrate with the standoff of the heat spreader. The stand-off of the heat spreader is provided with an opening, the stand-off of the heat spreader is aligned with the substrate of the PBGA package by means of a copper pad that is provided over a second surface of the substrate. A gold stud bump or a solder bump are further provided over the surface of the copper pad for alignment purposes. Thermally conductive epoxy or solder is deposited over the opening of the heat spreader and therewith over the copper pad provided over a second surface of the substrate. Under an additional embodiment of the invention, extremities if the heat spreader stand-off are aligned with contact pads provided over the second surface of the substrate of the package, thermally conductive epoxy is deposited over the contact surfaces between the extremities and the contact pads.

Heat spreader interconnect methodology for thermally enhanced PBGA packages

In accordance with the objectives of the invention a new method is provided to position and secure a heat sink over the surface of a semiconductor device mounting support, the latter typically being referred to as a semiconductor substrate. A plurality of recesses is created in the surface of the substrate over which the heat sink is to be mounted. The heat sink is (conventionally and not part of the invention) provided with dimples that form the interface between the heat sink and the underlying substrate. The dimples of the heat sink are aligned with and inserted into the recesses that have been created by the invention in the underlying substrate for this purpose, firmly securing the heat sink in position with respect to the substrate.

PBGA substrate for anchoring heat sink

A new method and package is provided for face-up packaging of semiconductor devices. The semiconductor device is mounted over the surface of a semiconductor device support surface using conventional methods of device packaging up through device bond wire interconnect to electrical traces on the surface of the semiconductor device support surface over which the device is mounted. An internal mold cap is formed over the device, the internal mold cap has an opening exposing the surface of the device. An external mold cap is formed surrounding the internal mold cap with a cavity separating the external mold cap from the internal mold cap. Thermally conductive epoxy is deposited in the opening of the internal mold cap and in the cavity between the internal and the external mold cap. The heat spreader is placed and attached after which a thermal epoxy and mold cure is applied to the package. The package is further completed by the application of contact balls to a first surface of the semiconductor device support surface, the semiconductor devices is mounted has been mounted over a second surface of the semiconductor device support surface.

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Gerry Balanon