Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an apparatus and a method of cooling an electronic device such as an IC chip or the like uneven in power density distribution, mounted on a package substrate upside down with efficiency and low operating pressure. SOLUTION: The invention comprises the apparatus and the method operated by microchannel cooling which locally improve cooling capability with respect to a (hot spot) region of the IC chip higher than an average in power density by operating a mechanism varying local cooling capability with respect to a high power density region (namely, "hot spot") of a semiconductor chip higher than the average in the power density. For example, an integrally formed microchannel cooling device (or a microchannel heat sink device) cooling the IC chip is designed so that the local cooling capability with respect to the high power density region (namely, "hot spot") of the IC chip higher than the average in the power density can vary in such a way that a cooling fluid flows and distributed uniformly, and that a pressure drop along a cooling liquid passage is suppressed to a minimum. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce the temperature of a hot spot of a chip by locally reducing the layer thickness of a compliant thermally conductive material on the chip. SOLUTION: In an integrated circuit package structure within MCM or SCM, a compliant thermally conductive material is applied between a heat-producing integrated circuit and a substrate attached thereto. A thinner layer of the compliant thermally conductive material is arranged between the chip and the substrate in this region after assembling, and as a result, a raised region aligned to a high power density region higher than the average on the active front surface of the chip is defined at the backside of the chip so that the temperature of the "hot spot" on the chip is reduced. In an exemplary embodiment, the substrate comprises one of a heat sink, cooling plate, heat spreader, heat pipe, heat hat, package lid, and other cooling members. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an inductor and a method of forming the inductor. SOLUTION: The method of forming the inductor comprises (a) a step for providing a semiconductor substrate, (b) a step for forming a dielectric layer on the surface of the substrate, (c) a step for forming a lower trench in the dielectric layer, (d) a step for forming a resist layer on the surface of the dielectric layer, (e) a step for forming an upper trench which is aligned to the lower trench and whose bottom is opened for the lower trench in the resist layer, and (f) a step for completely filling the lower trench with a conductor and at least partially filling the upper trench with the conductor to form the inductor. The semiconductor structure includes the inductor including the upper surface, bottom surface and sidewall and a means that allows the inductor to be electrically contacted, the lower section of the inductor is extended by a distance that the lower section of the inductor is fixed in the dielectric layer formed on the substrate, and the upper section thereof is extended on the dielectric layer. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an optoelectronic assembly for a computer system with respect to a mounting structure to establish optoelectronic communication between an electronic chip on a first level package and a high-density light transmitter-receiver. SOLUTION: The optoelectronic assembly includes an electronic chip 110, a substrate 120, an electric signaling medium 140, an optoelectronic transducer 160, and an optical coupling guide 170. The electronic chip is in communication with the substrate, which is in communication with a first end of the electric signaling medium. A second end of the electric signaling medium is in communication with the optoelectronic transducer. The optical coupling guide positions an optical signaling medium with respect to the optoelectronic transducer. An electric signal from the electronic chip is transmitted to the optoelectronic transducer via the substrate and the electric signaling medium. The electronic chip and the optoelectronic transducer share a common heat spreader. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
Abstract:
A plurality of heat-dissipating electronic chips are arranged in a vertical chip stack. The electronic chips have electronic components thereon. A cold plate is secured to a back side of the chip stack. A silicon carrier sandwich, defining a fluid cavity, is secured to a front side of the chip stack. An inlet manifold is configured to supply cooling fluid to the cold plate and the fluid cavity of the silicon carrier sandwich. An outlet manifold is configured to receive the cooling fluid from the cold plate and the fluid cavity of the silicon carrier sandwich. The cold plate, the silicon carrier sandwich, the inlet manifold, and the outlet manifold are configured and dimensioned to electrically isolate the cooling fluid from the electronic components. A method of operating an electronic apparatus and a method of manufacturing an electronic apparatus are also disclosed. Single-sided heat removal with double-sided electrical input-output and double-sided heat removal with double-sided electrical input-output are also disclosed.
Abstract:
A plurality of heat-dissipating electronic chips are arranged in a vertical chip stack. The electronic chips have electronic components thereon. A cold plate is secured to a back side of the chip stack. A silicon earner sandwich, defining a fluid cavity, is secured to a front side of the chip stack. An inlet manifold is configured to supply cooling fluid to the cold plate and the fluid cavity of the silicon carrier sandwich. An outlet manifold is configured to receive the cooling fluid from the cold plate and the fluid cavity of the silicon carrier sandwich. The cold plate, the silicon earner sandwich, the inlet manifold, and the outlet manifold are configured and dimensioned to electrically isolate the cooling fluid from the electronic components. A method of operating an electronic apparatus and a method of manufacturing an electronic apparatus are also disclosed. Single-sided heat removal with double-sided electrical input-output and double-sided heat removal with double-sided electrical input-output are also disclosed.