Semiconductor chip assembly with post/base heat spreader, signal post and cavity
First Claim
1. A semiconductor chip assembly, comprising:
- a semiconductor device;
an adhesive that includes first and second openings;
a heat spreader that includes a thermal post and a base, wherein the thermal post is adjacent to and integral with the base and extends above the base in an upward direction, and the base extends below the thermal post in a downward direction opposite the upward direction, covers the thermal post in the downward direction and extends laterally from the thermal post in lateral directions orthogonal to the upward and downward directions; and
a conductive trace that includes a pad, a terminal and a signal post, wherein the signal post extends below the pad and above the terminal and an electrically conductive path between the pad and the terminal includes the signal post;
wherein a cavity is defined by and laterally surrounded by the heat spreader, extends into the thermal post and the first opening, faces in the upward direction and is covered by the base in the downward direction;
wherein the semiconductor device is mounted on the heat spreader, extends into the cavity and is covered by the cavity in the downward direction, is electrically connected to the pad and thereby electrically connected to the terminal, and is thermally connected to the thermal post and the base;
wherein the adhesive is mounted on and extends above the base, is located outside the cavity, extends laterally from the thermal post to or beyond the terminal and is sandwiched between the base and the pad;
wherein the conductive trace is located outside the cavity; and
wherein the thermal post extends into the first opening, the signal post extends into the second opening, the posts are the same metallic material and have the same thickness and are coplanar with one another, and the base and the terminal are the same metallic material and have the same thickness and are coplanar with one another.
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Abstract
A semiconductor chip assembly includes a semiconductor device, a heat spreader, a conductive trace and an adhesive. The heat spreader includes a thermal post and a base. The conductive trace includes a pad, a terminal and a signal post. The semiconductor device extends into a cavity in the thermal post, is electrically connected to the conductive trace and is thermally connected to the heat spreader. The thermal post extends upwardly from the base into a first opening in the adhesive, and the signal post extends upwardly from the terminal into a second opening in the adhesive. The conductive trace is located outside the cavity and provides signal routing between the pad and the terminal.
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Citations
35 Claims
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1. A semiconductor chip assembly, comprising:
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a semiconductor device; an adhesive that includes first and second openings; a heat spreader that includes a thermal post and a base, wherein the thermal post is adjacent to and integral with the base and extends above the base in an upward direction, and the base extends below the thermal post in a downward direction opposite the upward direction, covers the thermal post in the downward direction and extends laterally from the thermal post in lateral directions orthogonal to the upward and downward directions; and a conductive trace that includes a pad, a terminal and a signal post, wherein the signal post extends below the pad and above the terminal and an electrically conductive path between the pad and the terminal includes the signal post; wherein a cavity is defined by and laterally surrounded by the heat spreader, extends into the thermal post and the first opening, faces in the upward direction and is covered by the base in the downward direction; wherein the semiconductor device is mounted on the heat spreader, extends into the cavity and is covered by the cavity in the downward direction, is electrically connected to the pad and thereby electrically connected to the terminal, and is thermally connected to the thermal post and the base; wherein the adhesive is mounted on and extends above the base, is located outside the cavity, extends laterally from the thermal post to or beyond the terminal and is sandwiched between the base and the pad; wherein the conductive trace is located outside the cavity; and wherein the thermal post extends into the first opening, the signal post extends into the second opening, the posts are the same metallic material and have the same thickness and are coplanar with one another, and the base and the terminal are the same metallic material and have the same thickness and are coplanar with one another. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A semiconductor chip assembly, comprising:
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a semiconductor device; an adhesive that includes first and second openings; a heat spreader that includes a thermal post and a base, wherein the thermal post is adjacent to and integral with the base and extends above the base in an upward direction, and the base extends below the thermal post in a downward direction opposite the upward direction, covers the thermal post in the downward direction and extends laterally from the thermal post in lateral directions orthogonal to the upward and downward directions; a substrate that includes a dielectric layer, wherein first and second apertures extend through the substrate; and a conductive trace that includes a pad, a terminal and a signal post, wherein the signal post extends below the pad and extends above the terminal and an electrically conductive path between the pad and the terminal includes the signal post; wherein a cavity is defined by and laterally surrounded by the heat spreader, extends into the thermal post, the first opening and the first aperture, faces in the upward direction and is covered by the base in the downward direction; wherein the semiconductor device is located within the cavity, is electrically connected to the pad and thereby electrically connected to the terminal, and is thermally connected to the thermal post and the base; wherein the adhesive is mounted on and extends above the base and the terminal, is located outside the cavity, extends between the thermal post and the substrate, extends between the signal post and the substrate, extends laterally from the thermal post to or beyond the terminal and is sandwiched between the thermal post and the dielectric layer, between the signal post and the dielectric layer, between the base and the dielectric layer and between the terminal and the dielectric layer; wherein the substrate is mounted on the adhesive and extends above the base and the terminal; wherein the conductive trace is located outside the cavity; and wherein the thermal post extends into the first opening and the first aperture, the signal post extends into the second opening and the second aperture, the posts are the same metallic material and have the same thickness and are coplanar with one another, and the base and the terminal are the same metallic material and have the same thickness and are coplanar with one another. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A semiconductor chip assembly, comprising:
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a semiconductor device; an adhesive that includes first and second openings; a heat spreader that includes a thermal post, a base and a cap, wherein the thermal post is adjacent to and integral with the base and extends above the base in an upward direction, the base extends below the thermal post in a downward direction opposite the upward direction, covers the thermal post in the downward direction and extends laterally from the thermal post in lateral directions orthogonal to the upward and downward directions and the cap extends above and is adjacent to and extends laterally from the thermal post; a substrate that includes a dielectric layer, wherein first and second apertures extend through the substrate; a conductive trace that includes a pad, a terminal and a signal post, wherein the signal post extends below the pad and extends above the terminal and an electrically conductive path between the pad and the terminal includes the signal post; wherein a cavity is defined by and laterally surrounded by the post and the cap, extends through the cap into the thermal post, the first opening and the first aperture, faces in the upward direction and is covered by the thermal post in the downward direction; wherein the semiconductor device is mounted on the thermal post, is located within the cavity, is electrically connected to the pad and thereby electrically connected to the terminal, and is thermally connected to the thermal post and thereby thermally connected to the base; wherein the adhesive is mounted on and extends above the base and the terminal, is located outside the cavity, extends into a first gap in the first aperture between the thermal post and the substrate and into a second gap in the second aperture between the signal post and the substrate, extends across the dielectric layer in the gaps, extends laterally from the thermal post to or beyond the terminal, extends to peripheral edges of the assembly, covers and surrounds the posts in the lateral directions and contacts and is sandwiched between the thermal post and the dielectric layer in the first gap, between the signal post and the dielectric layer in the second gap, between the base and the dielectric layer outside the gaps and between the terminal and the dielectric layer outside the gaps; wherein the substrate is mounted on the adhesive and extends above the base and the terminal and the dielectric layer contacts the pad and is spaced from the posts, the base and the terminal; wherein the conductive trace is located outside the cavity and the pad extends above the dielectric layer; wherein the cap contacts and overlaps the adhesive and the dielectric layer and is coplanar with the pad above the adhesive and the dielectric layer at a surface that faces in the upward direction; and wherein the thermal post extends into the first opening and the first aperture, the signal post extends into the second opening and the second aperture, the posts are the same metallic material and have the same thickness and are coplanar with one another and extend through the dielectric layer, and the base and the terminal are the same metallic material and have the same thickness and are coplanar with one another and are located below the dielectric layer. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35)
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