Device for sealing and cooling multi-chip modules
First Claim
1. A method for sealing multi-chip modules, said multi-chip modules comprising a circuit substrate having a plurality of semiconductor devices mounted thereon, and a frame, said frame fixed to said circuit substrate and formed from a material having a thermal expansion coefficient consistent with a thermal expansion coefficient of said circuit substrate, said method comprising:
- forming onto a first surface of a sealing top plate a cooling flow path having openings through which cooling fluid may flow;
bonding a second surface of said sealing top plate to a back surface of said semiconductor devices;
joining an edge of said sealing plate to said frame to form a first seal;
covering said cooling flow path with a cooling flow path cover;
interposing a sealing material between said edge of said sealing top plate and said cooling flow path cover to form a second seal; and
tightening together said cooling flow path cover, said sealing material, said sealing top plate and said frame.
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Abstract
According to the invention, a sealing top plate in a multi-chip module is formed from a ceramic with high thermal conductivity having a thermal expansion coefficient consistent with that of a multi-layer circuit substrate. A cooling flow path cover covering the entirety of cooling flow path grooves is formed as a separate metallic member. The back surface of the sealing top plate, on which are formed the cooling flow path grooves, is bonded directly to the back surface of a semiconductor device using solder. A thermal-conductive jacket with low thermal resistance is provided. A multi-chip module sealing frame is soldered to the edge of the sealing top plate. Furthermore, a sealing material such as an O-ring is simply interposed between the edge of the sealing top plate and the cooling water path cover, and tightening means is used to tighten the metallic cooling flow path cover and the multi-chip module sealing frame to each other.
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1. A method for sealing multi-chip modules, said multi-chip modules comprising a circuit substrate having a plurality of semiconductor devices mounted thereon, and a frame, said frame fixed to said circuit substrate and formed from a material having a thermal expansion coefficient consistent with a thermal expansion coefficient of said circuit substrate, said method comprising:
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forming onto a first surface of a sealing top plate a cooling flow path having openings through which cooling fluid may flow;
bonding a second surface of said sealing top plate to a back surface of said semiconductor devices;
joining an edge of said sealing plate to said frame to form a first seal;
covering said cooling flow path with a cooling flow path cover;
interposing a sealing material between said edge of said sealing top plate and said cooling flow path cover to form a second seal; and
tightening together said cooling flow path cover, said sealing material, said sealing top plate and said frame. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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