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Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2024

Filed:

Jun. 01, 2020
Applicant:

Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Inventors:

Pooya Tadayon, Portland, OR (US);

Joe Walczyk, Tigard, OR (US);

Assignee:

Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 23/373 (2006.01); H01L 23/42 (2006.01); H01L 23/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 23/3733 (2013.01); H01L 23/3736 (2013.01); H01L 23/3737 (2013.01); H01L 23/42 (2013.01); H01L 23/4006 (2013.01);
Abstract

A hybrid thermal interface material (TIM) suitable for an integrated circuit (IC) die package assembly. The hybrid TIM may include a heat-spreading material having a high planar thermal conductivity, and a supplemental material having a high perpendicular thermal conductivity at least partially filling through-holes within the heat-spreading material. The hybrid TIM may offer a reduced effective spreading and vertical thermal resistance. The heat-spreading material may have high compressibility (low bulk modulus or low hardness), such as a carbon-based (e.g., graphitic) material. The supplemental material may be of a suitable composition for filling the through-hole. The heat-spreading material, once compressed by a force applied through an IC die package assembly, may have a thickness substantially the same as that of the supplemental material such that both materials make contact with the IC die package and a thermal solution.


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