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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2012
James Cooper Wainerdi, Plano, TX (US);
Luigi Colombo, Dallas, TX (US);
John Paul Tellkamp, Rockwall, TX (US);
Robert Reid Doering, Garland, TX (US);
James Cooper Wainerdi, Plano, TX (US);
Luigi Colombo, Dallas, TX (US);
John Paul Tellkamp, Rockwall, TX (US);
Robert Reid Doering, Garland, TX (US);
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
An article of manufacture includes a semiconductor die () having an integrated circuit () on a first side of the die (), a diffusion barrier () on a second side of the die () opposite the first side, a mat of carbon nanotubes () rooted to the diffusion barrier (), a die attach adhesive () forming an integral mass with the mat () of the carbon nanotubes, and a die pad () adhering to the die attach adhesive and () and the mat () of carbon nanotubes for at least some thermal transfer between the die () and the die pad () via the carbon nanotubes (). Other articles, integrated circuit devices, structures, and processes of manufacture, and assembly processes are also disclosed.