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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2006
Kyungoe Kim, Kyoungki-do, KR;
Youngjoon Kim, Kyoungki-do, KR;
Hyunsoo Shin, Kyoungki-do, KR;
STATS ChipPAC, Inc., Fremont, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods for fabricating flip-chips are disclosed. In an exemplary method, a flip-chip is mounted, active-surface downward, onto a substrate such that a back-side of the flip-chip is facing upward and electrical connections are made between the chip and an upward-facing surface of the substrate. An adhesive is applied to selected regions not occupied by the flip-chip. A heat-spreader is applied to contact the applied adhesive without contacting the back-side of the flip-chip, leaving a gap between the heat-spreader and the back-side of the flip-chip. The heat-spreader defines at least one through-hole that, when the heat-spreader is placed, is within a perimeter of the flip-chip. The adhesive is cured, and a thermal-insulating material (TIM) is applied through the at least one through-hole so as to fill the gap with the TIM. The methods substantially reduce the probability of die damage that otherwise occurs during attachment of heat-spreaders.