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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Clifford R. Fishley, San Jose, CA (US);
Maurice O. Othieno, Union City, CA (US);
Assignee:
LSI Logic Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 7/20 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 7/20 ;
Abstract
A heat spreader for use with an integrated circuit in a package, where the heat spreader is formed as a plate having a centrally disposed aperture with a diameter that is smaller than a minimum diameter of the integrated circuit. The heat spreader has an overall diameter that is no greater than a minimum diameter of the package. In this manner, the aperture in the heat spreader allows the plastic injected through a top gated mold form to pass through the heat spreader and more uniformly encapsulate the integrated circuit.