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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2003
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/144 ; H01L 2/150 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/144 ; H01L 2/150 ;
Abstract
A microelectronic die is aligned with a package substrate and attached to it using solder balls. A specially shaped heat spreader, preferably with a coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) similar to that of silicon, is attached to the back side of the die using a heat-conducting adhesive. An epoxy-based material is flowed into the gap between the die, the substrate, and the heat spreader via a through-hole in either the substrate or the heat spreader using a dispense process or a transfer molding process. By positioning the heat spreader to abut the die corners and/or edges, the stresses on the die are substantially reduced or eliminated.