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Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2012

Filed:

Sep. 17, 2008
Applicants:

Abhishek Gupta, Chandler, AZ (US);

Mike Boyd, Chandler, AZ (US);

Carl Deppisch, Chandler, AZ (US);

Jinlin Wang, Chandler, AZ (US);

Daewoong Suh, Phoenix, AZ (US);

Brad Drew, Mesa, AZ (US);

Inventors:

Abhishek Gupta, Chandler, AZ (US);

Mike Boyd, Chandler, AZ (US);

Carl Deppisch, Chandler, AZ (US);

Jinlin Wang, Chandler, AZ (US);

Daewoong Suh, Phoenix, AZ (US);

Brad Drew, Mesa, AZ (US);

Assignee:

Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 23/10 (2006.01); H01L 23/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Methods and associated structures of forming an indium containing solder material directly on an active region of a copper IHS is enabled. A copper indium containing solder intermetallic is formed on the active region of the IHS. The solder intermetallic improves the solder-TIM integration process for microelectronic packaging applications.


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