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US 7,064,953 B2Granted
Electronic package with direct cooling of active electronic components
AssigneeFormFactor, Inc.
InventorCharles A Miller
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Abstract
A cooling assembly includes a package with one or more dies cooled by direct cooling. The cooled package includes one or more dies with active electronic components. A coolant port allows a coolant to enter the package and directly cool the active electronic components of the dies.
Claims15
A cooling assembly comprising:
- an electronic package having a cavity;
- at least one die with active electronics components mounted using compliant interconnects within the cavity;
- and
- at least one coolant port that allows a coolant to continuously enter the cavity and directly cool the active electronic components of each die,
- wherein the compliant interconnects are coupled between each die and the package, and
- wherein said compliant interconnects comprise spring contacts.
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A cooling assembly comprising:
- an electronic package having a cavity;
- at least one die with active electronic components mounted using compliant interconnects within the cavity;
- and
- at least one coolant port that allows a coolant to continuously enter the cavity and directly cool the active electronic components of each die,
- wherein the compliant interconnects are coupled between each die and the package, and
- wherein each die has at least one active surface, and when the coolant circulates in the cavity the coolant directly cools each active surface of each die.
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A cooling assembly comprising:
- an electronic package having a cavity;
- at least one die with active electronic components mounted using compliant interconnects within the cavity;
- and
- at least one coolant port that allows a coolant to enter the cavity and directly cool the active electronic components of each die,
- wherein the compliant interconnects are coupled between each die and the package, and
- wherein each die has a plurality of surfaces within the cavity including at least one active surface associated with respective active electronic components, and when the coolant circulates in the cavity the coolant directly cools each surface of each die, thereby reducing thermal gradients or hot spots on each active surface of each die and increasing the operating range of each die.
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A cooling assembly comprising:
- an electronic package having a cavity;
- at least one die with active electronic components mounted using compliant interconnects within the cavity;
- and
- at least one coolant port that allows a coolant to enter the cavity and directly cool the active electronic components of each die,
- wherein the compliant interconnects are coupled between each die and the package, and
- wherein said package further comprises a bottom substrate on one side of the cavity, wherein each die with active electronic components is connected to the bottom substrate by the compliant interconnects, and wherein the active electronic components face the bottom substrate and contact coolant surrounding the compliant interconnects within the cavity.
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A cooling assembly comprising:
- an electronic package having a cavity;
- at least one die with active electronic components mounted using first and second set of compliant interconnects within the cavity, wherein the compliant interconnects are coupled between each die and the package;
- at least one coolant port that allows a coolant to enter the cavity and directly cool the active electronic components of each die,
- wherein said package further comprises a top substrate and a bottom substrate, wherein each die with active electronic components is connected to the bottom substrate by the compliant interconnects, and wherein the active electronic components face the bottom substrate and contact coolant surrounding the compliant interconnects within the cavity, and further comprising alignment posts wherein the alignment posts are attached to the bottom substrate, the first set of compliant interconnects being coupled between each die and the bottom substrate, and the dies being further held in place by contact with the alignment post and downward pressure from the second set of compliant interconnects.
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A cooling assembly comprising:
- an electronic package having a cavity;
- at least one die with active electronic components mounted using compliant interconnects within the cavity;
- and
- at least one coolant port that allows a coolant to enter the cavity and directly cool the active electronic components of each die,
- wherein the compliant interconnects are coupled between each die and the package, and
- wherein said package further comprises a top substrate with a top surface representing an exterior surface of the package and wherein the top surface includes contact, whereby external components can be electrically coupled to each die via the contacts.
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A cooling assembly comprising:
- an electronic package having a cavity;
- at least one die with active electronic components mounted using compliant interconnects within the cavity;
- and
- at least one coolant port that allows a coolant to enter the cavity and directly cool the active electronic components of each die,
- wherein the compliant interconnects are coupled between each die and the package, and
- wherein said package further comprises:
- a top substrate;
- a bottom substrate;
- and
- interconnection elements that provide electrical paths extending through the top substrate and the bottom substrate.
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A cooling assembly comprising;
- an electronic package having a cavity;
- at least one die with active electronic components mounted using compliant interconnects within the cavity;
- and
- at least one coolant port that allows a coolant to enter the cavity and directly cool the active electronics components of each die,
- wherein the compliant interconnects are coupled between each die and the package;
- and
- at least one non-contacting compliant interconnect coupled to a surface of said at least one die, whereby, heat can be further directed away from the surface of a die.
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A cooling assembly comprising:
- an electronic package having a cavity;
- at least one die with active electronic components mounted using compliant interconnects within the cavity;
- and
- at least one coolant port that allows a coolant to enter the cavity and directly cool the electronic components of each die,
- wherein the compliant interconnects are coupled between each die and the package, and
- wherein said package further comprises:
- a top substrate;
- and
- a bottom substrate,
- wherein each die is flip-chip bonded to said top substrate.
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A cooling assembly comprising:
- an electronic package having a cavity;
- compliant interconnects secured on first ends to a surface of a substrate provided in the cavity;
- at least one die with active electronic components non-rigidly mounted on second ends of the compliant interconnects on a same surface of the at least one die having the active electronic components within the cavity so that the compliant interconnects do not insert into the at least one die;
- and
- at least one coolant port that allows a coolant to enter the cavity to contact the at least one die to cool the die.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.