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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael O'Connor, Cupertino, CA (US);
Kevin J. Haley, San Jose, CA (US);
Biswajit Sur, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/324 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/324 ;
Abstract
A semiconductor chip is shown containing an integral heat spreading layer that more effectively transmits heat from the die to ambient as a result of spreading the heat out on the die over a larger cross sectional area. Local hot spots are minimized which allows the semiconductor chip to operate at a higher frequency for a given upper threshold temperature. Also shown is a method of manufacturing such a semiconductor chip, and the associated method of cooling a semiconductor chip.