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Thermal stress relieving substrate
Assignee: GlobalFoundries Inc
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Filing: 1997-04-21
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Granted: 1999-02-23
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Expires: 2017-04-21
Abstract
Abstract A substrate for connecting one element having a first coefficient of thermal expansion to another element having a differing coefficient of thermal expansion that will alleviate interconnection problems due to thermal mismatch.
Inventors
- 👤 John S. Kresge
- 👤 James R. Wilcox
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-03 12:50
CPC Classifications
H; H10; H10W; H10W70/00; H10W70/60; H10W70/62; H10W70/63; H10W70/635; H10W40/00; H10W40/20; H10W40/25; H10W40/257; H05; H05K; H05K1/00; H05K1/02; H05K1/0271; H05K1/03; H05K1/05; H05K3/00; H05K3/30; H05K3/32; H05K3/34; H05K3/341; H05K3/3431; H05K3/3436; H10W72/00; H10W72/071; H10W72/072; H10W72/07251; H10W72/20
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 17
Claim 1
Independent Claim
39 words
A chip carrier comprising: a substrate with a coefficient of thermal expansion compensation plate having means to provide a variable in-plane stiffness to accommodate thermal expansion mismatch between elements on the substrate to either side of the compensation plate.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
39 words
A chip carrier comprising: a substrate with a coefficient of thermal expansion compensation plate having means to provide a variable in-plane stiffness to accommodate thermal expansion mismatch between elements on the substrate to either side of the compensation plate.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
32 words
A chip carrier comprises: a substrate with a coefficient of thermal expansion plate having means to provide a variable in-plane stiffness to accommodate thermal expansion mismatch of elements attached to said substrate.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
32 words
A chip carrier comprises: a substrate with a coefficient of thermal expansion plate having means to provide a variable in-plane stiffness to accommodate thermal expansion mismatch of elements attached to said substrate.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
25 words
A thermal stress relieving device comprising: a plate constructed so as to have a variable in-plane stiffness from its inner areas to its outer periphery.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
25 words
A thermal stress relieving device comprising: a plate constructed so as to have a variable in-plane stiffness from its inner areas to its outer periphery.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
33 words
The device of claim 3 wherein said plate is further characterized in having a increased stiffness at its inner area and a gradually decreasing stiffness from said inner area to its outer periphery.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
31 words
The device of claim 3 having means to vary the density of material in said plate in a portion thereof in relation to that in said plate in other portions thereof.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
28 words
The device of claim 5 wherein said means to vary the density of material are holes through said plate having a controlled variation in hole size and spacing.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
21 words
The device of claim 6 wherein said holes are at a constant hole pitch and have a systematically increasing hole diameter.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
18 words
The device of claim 6 wherein said holes have a constant diameter and a steadily decreasing hole pitch.
Claim 12
Independent Claim
82 words
A method to reduce the thermal expansion mismatch between one element and a second element, said method comprising the steps of: constructing a substrate using a low coefficient of thermal expansion plate, determining the coefficient of thermal expansion of said one element and said second element, selectively removing portions of the plate so that the in-plane stiffness of said plate will constrain the thermal expansion of the substrate differently in respective areas of attachment of said one element and said second element.
Claim 13
Independent Claim
82 words
A method to reduce the thermal expansion mismatch between one element and a second element, said method comprising the steps of: constructing a substrate using a low coefficient of thermal expansion plate, determining the coefficient of thermal expansion of said one element and said second element, selectively removing portions of the plate so that the in-plane stiffness of said plate will constrain the thermal expansion of the substrate differently in respective areas of attachment of said one element and said second element.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
36 words
The method of claim 9 and further characterized by forming holes through said compensator plate by maintaining hole pitch constant and systematically increasing hole diameter from the compensator plate's inner area toward the compensator plate's periphery.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
38 words
The method of claim 9 and further characterized by forming holes through said compensator plate by steadily decreasing hole pitch of constant diameter holes from one portion of the compensator plate to another portion of the compensator plate.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
17 words
The method of claim 9 and further characterized by drilling to remove portions of the compensator plate.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
17 words
The method of claim 9 and further characterized by etching preselected hole patterns in said compensator plate.
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