IP Library Granted Patent US 9,142,481
Granted Patent B2
US 9,142,481 · App. 13/489,282 · Granted Sep 22, 2015

Integrated circuit packaging system with heatsink cap and method of manufacture thereof

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Patent No.
US 9,142,481
App. No.
13/489,282
Granted
Sep 22, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of manufacture of an integrated circuit packaging system includes: providing a substrate; attaching an integrated circuit to the substrate; molding an encapsulation directly on the integrated circuit and the substrate; forming a trench in the encapsulation having a trench bottom surface and surrounding the integrated circuit; and mounting a heatsink having a heatsink rim over the integrated circuit with the heatsink rim within the trench and the heatsink electrically isolated from the substrate.

Claims (18)

1. An integrated circuit packaging system comprising:

a substrate;

an integrated circuit attached to the substrate;

an encapsulation molded directly on the integrated circuit and the substrate with the encapsulation having a trench with a trench bottom surface and the trench surrounding the integrated circuit and a device inactive side of the integrated circuit exposed from the encapsulation with the device inactive side coplanar with an encapsulation top side; and

a heatsink having a heatsink body and a heatsink rim extending downward below the heatsink body, the heatsink mounted over the integrated circuit with the heatsink rim within the trench.

2. The system as claimed in claim 1 wherein the heatsink includes:

the heatsink rim attached to the trench bottom surface;

the heatsink having a heatsink inner surface attached to the integrated circuit; and

further comprising:

an adhesive layer between the heatsink rim and the trench bottom surface, and

a thermal interface material layer between the heatsink inner surface and the integrated circuit.

3. The system as claimed in claim 1 wherein the encapsulation includes the trench having debris characteristic of laser etching.

4. The system as claimed in claim 1 wherein the encapsulation includes the trench having scratches characteristic of sawing.

5. The system as claimed in claim 1 further comprising connecting an external interconnect to the substrate interconnect.

6. The system as claimed in claim 5 wherein the encapsulation includes the trench having a molded surface characteristic of molding.

7. The system as claimed in claim 5 wherein the encapsulation includes the trench having a trench depth less than a device height of the integrated circuit.

8. The system as claimed in claim 5 further comprising a thermal interface material layer directly on a device inactive side and an encapsulation top side.

9. The system as claimed in claim 5 further comprising a trench segment of the trench aligned with a horizontal side of the integrated circuit.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 3, 2025
From: STATS CHIPPAC PTE. LTD.
To: STATS CHIPPAC MANAGEMENT PTE. LTD.
Reel/Frame 072788/0917 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jun 18, 2020
From: CITICORP INTERNATIONAL LIMITED, AS COMMON SECURITY AGENT
To: STATS CHIPPAC, INC.; STATS CHIPPAC PTE. LTD. FORMERLY KNOWN AS STATS CHIPPAC LTD.
Reel/Frame 052972/0001 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 22, 2016
From: STATS CHIPPAC LTD.
To: STATS CHIPPAC PTE. LTD.
Reel/Frame 039428/0928 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 20, 2015
From: STATS CHIPPAC, INC.; STATS CHIPPAC LTD.
To: CITICORP INTERNATIONAL LIMITED, AS COMMON SECURITY AGENT
Reel/Frame 037096/0315 →