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Thermally enhanced ball grid array package
Assignee: International Business Machines Corp
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Filing: 1996-11-04
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Granted: 1998-06-23
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Expires: 2016-11-04
Abstract
Abstract A thermally enhanced ball grid array package for electronic components, with an electronic and a plurality of ceramic component carriers bonded to a metal heat sink, enhances thermal performance, reduces solder ball fatigue and reduces stresses between the ceramic component carriers and the heat sink. Bonding the ceramic component carriers to the heat sink reduces expansion induced stresses of the solder balls on the carriers. Plural ceramic component carriers, smaller than a single carrier would have to be for the same package, reduce stresses at the interfaces between the ceramic component carriers and the heat sink.
Inventors
- 👤 James Warren Wilson
- 👤 Stephen Robert Engle
- 👤 Scott Preston Moore
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 16:41
CPC Classifications
H; H10; H10W; H10W70/00; H10W70/60; H10W70/62; H10W70/65; H10W40/00; H10W40/10; H10W40/20; H10W40/22; H10W40/25; H10W40/251; H10W90/00; H10W90/401; H10W90/701; H10W72/00; H10W72/071; H10W72/072; H10W72/07251; H10W72/20; H10W72/50; H10W72/541; H10W72/5449; H10W90/731; H10W90/736; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T29/00; Y10T29/49; Y10T29/49002; Y10T29/49117; Y10T29/49124; Y10T29/4913; Y10T29/49144
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
134 words
A method of producing a thermally enhanced ball grid array package for a solid state electronic component comprising: producing discreet ceramic connector members having first and second surfaces, with conductive pathways to multiple locations on said second surfaces; providing solder balls on said second surfaces so that said balls are electrically connected to said conductive pathways; bonding the first surfaces of a plurality of said connector members to a metal heat sink having a coefficient of thermal expansion that is different from a coefficient of expansion of said ceramic component carriers; bonding said electronic component to said metal heat sink between said connector members to produce a composite bonded structure; and electrically connecting said electronic component to said conductive pathways, whereby said electronic component is electrically connected to said solder balls through said pathways.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
134 words
A method of producing a thermally enhanced ball grid array package for a solid state electronic component comprising: producing discreet ceramic connector members having first and second surfaces, with conductive pathways to multiple locations on said second surfaces; providing solder balls on said second surfaces so that said balls are electrically connected to said conductive pathways; bonding the first surfaces of a plurality of said connector members to a metal heat sink having a coefficient of thermal expansion that is different from a coefficient of expansion of said ceramic component carriers; bonding said electronic component to said metal heat sink between said connector members to produce a composite bonded structure; and electrically connecting said electronic component to said conductive pathways, whereby said electronic component is electrically connected to said solder balls through said pathways.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
29 words
A method in accordance with claim 1 wherein said electronic component is an integrated circuit chip, and said chip is electrically connected to said conductive pathways by wire bonding.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
50 words
A method in accordance with claim 2 further comprising: positioning said bonded composite structure against a printed circuit board having electrical contacts on at least one surface so that solder balls contact said contacts; and heating said package to reflow said solder balls and fuse the solder to said contacts.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
41 words
A method in accordance with claim 1 further comprising making a thin card of ceramic with conductive pathways therein, dicing said card to produce a plurality of blanks, and applying solder balls to said blanks to produce said ceramic connector members.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
35 words
A method in accordance with claim 1 further making a thin card of ceramic with conductive pathways therein, applying solder balls to said card, and then dicing said card to produce said ceramic connector members.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
67 words
A method according to claim 1 for producing a package with trapezoidal ceramic carriers comprising: producing a card of ceramic with conductive pathways positioned so that wire bond connections can be made to said pathways from either a first or a second longitudinal side of said card; and dicing said card into trapezoidal ceramic component carriers by cutting said card with alternating diagonal cuts in opposite directions.
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