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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2006
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2004
Timothy Brooks Bambridge, Pittstown, NJ (US);
Jeffery J. Gilbert, Schwenksville, PA (US);
Juan Alejandro Herbsommer, Lehigh County, PA (US);
Jeffrey Michael Klemovage, Whitehall, PA (US);
George John Libricz, Jr., Bethlehem, PA (US);
Timothy Brooks Bambridge, Pittstown, NJ (US);
Jeffery J. Gilbert, Schwenksville, PA (US);
Juan Alejandro Herbsommer, Lehigh County, PA (US);
Jeffrey Michael Klemovage, Whitehall, PA (US);
George John Libricz, Jr., Bethlehem, PA (US);
Agere Systems Inc., Allentown, PA (US);
Abstract
An integrated circuit device having a flexible leadframe, and techniques for fabricating the flexible leadframe and integrated circuit device, are provided. In one aspect of the invention, an integrated circuit device comprises a heat spreader having a top surface and a bottom surface. At least one integrated circuit die is attached to the top surface of the heat spreader. A flexible leadframe is also attached to the top surface of the heat spreader. The flexible leadframe has one or more flexible layers, including at least one flexible insulating layer. A plurality of electrically conductive traces are defined on the at least one flexible insulating layer.