Semiconductor package with thermal fins
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide techniques and configurations for a semiconductor package with thermal fins, in accordance with some embodiments. In embodiments, a package assembly includes a die and a mold compound disposed on the die, to encapsulate the die. The package may further include a thermal solution including one or more thermal fins attached to the mold compound at their respective ends. The thermal fins may be disposed substantially flat on a top surface of the mold compound at a first temperature, and rise away from the top surface of the mold compound in response to a change of temperature to a second temperature, to reach an enclosure that surrounds the package assembly, to provide direct heat conductivity between the die and the enclosure. The second temperature may be greater than the first temperature. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
1. An apparatus, comprising:
a package assembly; and
an enclosure that surrounds the package assembly, wherein the package assembly includes:
a die;
a mold compound disposed on the die; and
one or more thermal fins attached to the mold compound at an end of the one or more thermal fins, wherein the one or more thermal fins are disposed flat on a top surface of the mold compound at a first temperature, and rise away from the top surface of the mold compound in response to a temperature change to a second temperature, to provide direct heat conductivity between the die and the enclosure that surrounds the package assembly, wherein the second temperature is greater than the first temperature.
2. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a substrate, wherein the die is disposed on the substrate.
3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the one or more thermal fins comprise a bi-metal or a shape memory alloy.
4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the package assembly is free from a thermal interface material between the package assembly and enclosure.
5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the one or more thermal fins are anchored to the top surface of the mold compound using a plating or sputtering technique.
6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the one or more thermal fins are disposed on the top surface of the mold compound in a pattern.
7. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the top surface of the mold compound comprises a plurality of recesses that form a recess pattern on the top surface of the mold compound, wherein the recesses are filled or coated with a bi-metal or a shape memory alloy, wherein the one or more fins are patterned from the bi-metal or the shape memory alloy.
8. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein each of the one or more thermal fins comprise a tree-like shape having a stem and a plurality of branches extending out of the stem on each side of the stem, to optimize a surface of heat conduction for the one or more fins.
9. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the package assembly comprises a system in package (SiP), wherein the package assembly is coupled with a printed circuit board.
10. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the enclosure comprises a metal or a graphite, wherein the one or more thermal fins are to reach the enclosure when rising away from the top surface of the mold compound.
11. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the package assembly comprises a computing device.
12. A method, comprising:
encapsulating a die of a package assembly with a mold compound, including forming a surface of the mold compound on the die; and
forming one or more thermal fins on the surface of the mold compound, including attaching the one or more thermal fins to the surface at an end of the one or more thermal fins, the one or more thermal fins residing flatly on the surface of the mold compound at a first temperature, and rising away from the top surface of the mold compound to a temperature change to a second temperature, to provide direct heat conductivity between the die and an enclosure that surrounds the package assembly, wherein the second temperature is greater than the first temperature.
13. The method of claim 12 , further comprising: attaching the die to a substrate, prior to encapsulating the die with the mold compound.
14. The method of claim 12 , wherein forming the one or more thermal fins on the mold compound includes:
creating a plurality of recesses on the surface of the mold compound, to form a recess pattern on the surface of the mold compound;
filling or coating the plurality of recesses with a bi-metal or a shape memory alloy, to dispose the bi-metal or the shape memory ally on the surface of the mold compound; and
patterning the one or more fins from the bi-metal or shape memory alloy.
15. The method of claim 14 , wherein patterning the one or more fins comprises forming each of the fins with a tree-like shape having a stem and a plurality of branches extending out of the stem on each side of the stem, to optimize a surface of heat conduction for the one or more one or more fins.
16. The method of claim 14 , further comprising: attaching the die to a printed circuit board (PCB).
17. The method of claim 12 , wherein the one or more thermal fins are to reach at least a portion of the enclosure.
18. A computing system, comprising:
an enclosure;
a die coupled with a printed circuit board (PCB) inside the enclosure;
a mold compound disposed on the die; and
one or more thermal fins attached to the mold compound at an end of the one or more thermal fins, wherein the one or more thermal fins are disposed flat on a top surface of the mold compound at a first temperature, and rise away from the top surface of the mold compound in response to a temperature change to a second temperature, to provide direct heat conductivity between the die and the enclosure, wherein the second temperature is greater than the first temperature.
19. The computing system of claim 18 , further comprising a substrate attached to the PCB, wherein the die is disposed on the substrate.
20. The computing system of claim 18 , wherein the die comprises a central processing unit.
21. The computing system of claim 18 , wherein the computing system comprises a system in package (SiP).
22. The computing system of claim 18 , wherein the computing system comprises a wireless device.
23. The computing device of claim 18 , wherein the mold compound is to encapsulate the die.
24. The computing device of claim 18 , wherein the one or more thermal fins are to reach the enclosure when rising away from the top surface of the mold compound.