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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2007
Veeraraghavan S Basker, Albany, NY (US);
Toshiharu Furukawa, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Mark C Hakey, Fairfax, VT (US);
Steven J Holmes, Guilderland, NY (US);
Charles W Koburger, Iii, Delmar, NY (US);
Krishna V Singh, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Veeraraghavan S Basker, Albany, NY (US);
Toshiharu Furukawa, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Mark C Hakey, Fairfax, VT (US);
Steven J Holmes, Guilderland, NY (US);
Charles W Koburger, III, Delmar, NY (US);
Krishna V Singh, Hillsboro, OR (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Disclosed are embodiments of an improved semiconductor wafer structure having protected clusters of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) on the back surface and a method of forming the improved semiconductor wafer structure. Also disclosed are embodiments of a semiconductor module with exposed CNTs on the back surface for providing enhanced thermal dissipation in conjunction with a heat sink and a method of forming the semiconductor module using the disclosed semiconductor wafer structure.