Granted Patent B2

US 8,492,911 · App. 12/840,016 · Granted Jul 23, 2013

Abstract

Claims (11)

1. An electronic device, comprising;

an integrated circuit having a substrate;

an active via located within said substrate;

a heat spreader comprising a thermally conductive core; and

a heat spreader via that passes through said thermally conductive core and is electrically conductively coupled to said active via.

2. The electronic device as recited in claim 1 , wherein said thermally conductive core is an electrically conductive layer.

3. The electronic device as recited in claim 1 , further comprising a substrate plug located within said substrate and connected to said thermally conductive core.

4. The electronic device as recited in claim 1 , wherein said integrated circuit is a first integrated circuit, and said thermally conductive core is located between said first integrated circuit and a second integrated circuit, said active via being configured to conduct a signal between said first and second integrated circuits.

5. The electronic device as recited in claim 1 , wherein said thermally conductive core is an electrically insulating layer, said heat spreader via directly contacts said electrically insulating layer, and a substrate plug located within said substrate is connected to a heat spreader plug located within said electrically insulating layer.

6. The electronic device as recited in claim 1 , further comprising a substrate plug that intersects only one surface of said substrate.

7. The electronic device as recited in claim 1 , wherein said integrated circuit is a first integrated circuit, and said heat spreader is located between said first integrated circuit and a second integrated circuit electrically connected to said first integrated circuit by said heat spreader via.

Assignments (9)