Abstract:
A heat-dissipating structure and a heat-dissipating semiconductor package having the same are disclosed in the present invention. The heat-dissipating semiconductor package includes a chip carrier, a flip chip semiconductor chip attached and electrically connected to the chip carrier, and a heat sink bonded to the flip chip semiconductor chip via a thermal interface material, such as a solder material, wherein a groove is formed on the heat sink around the bonding area of the thermal interface material, and a blocking layer, such as a metal oxide layer, is formed on the surface of the groove to reduce the wetting capability of the thermal interface material, thus further prevents the thermal interface material from wetting the groove in the fusion process performed the thermal interface material, therefore, it ensures the thermal interface material has sufficient thickness for forming solder bonding between the heat sink and the flip chip semiconductor chip.
Abstract:
A semiconductor package with a heat sink is provided in which at least one chip is mounted on the substrate and covered by a heat sink. The heat sink is formed with a flange in contact with the substrate, allowing a plurality of clip members to clamp the flange of the heat sink and the substrate. Each of the clip members has a recess portion for receiving the flange of the heat sink and the substrate to thereby firmly position the heat sink on the substrate. The clip members are engaged with edges of the heat sink and the substrate, thereby not affecting trace routability on the substrate. Moreover, the heat sink is mounted on the substrate and would not be dislocated.
Abstract:
The present invention discloses an apparatus and system for multi-stage event synchronization, whose main object is to eliminate the drawbacks of an expensive synchronization circuit used to balance the data transmissions between an origination agent and a destination agent operating at different frequencies or clock phases as in prior art. The apparatus of the present invention organizes the slower one with multi-stage chains, each of which comprises a simple synchronization circuit and an XOR gate, for receiving the number of events transmitted from the faster one. Therefore, the slower one will not miss the data from the faster one.
Abstract:
A semiconductor package is provided, which includes: a substrate having a metal pattern layer; a semiconductor die formed on the substrate; and an underfill filled between the substrate and the semiconductor die. At least an opening is formed in the metal pattern layer to reduce the area of the metal pattern layer on the substrate, thereby reducing the contact area between the underfill and the metal pattern layer, hence eliminating the underfill delamination.
Abstract:
A semiconductor package is provided, which includes: a substrate having a metal pattern layer; a semiconductor die formed on the substrate; and an underfill filled between the substrate and the semiconductor die. At least an opening is formed in the metal pattern layer to reduce the area of the metal pattern layer on the substrate, thereby reducing the contact area between the underfill and the metal pattern layer, hence eliminating the underfill delamination.
Abstract:
In a method for fetching instructions in an embedded system, a predicted one of a set of the instructions stored in a memory device is fetched and is subsequently stored in an instruction buffer when a system bus is in a data access phase. When a processor generates an access request for the memory device, the predicted one of the instructions stored in the instruction buffer is provided to the system bus for receipt by the processor upon determining that the predicted one of the instructions stored in the instruction buffer hits the access request from the processor. An embedded system with an instruction prefetching device is also disclosed.
Abstract:
A heat dissipating structure and a semiconductor package with the same are proposed. A substrate is used to accommodate at least one chip thereon, and the chip is electrically connected to the substrate. A heat dissipating structure having a flat portion and a support portion is mount on the substrate via the support portion by means of an adhesive. At least one groove is formed on the support portion and at least one air vent is formed around the groove to allow the groove to communicate with the outside via the air vent, such that the adhesive is allowed to fill the groove to expel air from the groove to the atmosphere through the air vent, thereby preventing the air from trapped in the groove.
Abstract:
A semiconductor package with a heat sink is provided. At least one chip and a heat sink attached to the chip are mounted on a substrate. At least one slot is formed through at least one corner of the heat sink at a position attached to the substrate. An adhesive material is applied between the heat sink and substrate and over filled in the slot with an overflow of the adhesive material out of the slot. The adhesive material over filled in the slot provides an anchoring effect and increases its contact area with the heat sink to thereby firmly secure the heat sink on the substrate. Further, the slot formed at the corner of the heat sink can alleviate thermal stresses accumulated at the corner of the heat sink and thereby prevent delamination between the heat sink and the substrate.
Abstract:
A semiconductor package with a heat dissipating structure includes a substrate, a chip and a heat dissipating structure. The chip is mounted on and electrically connected to the substrate. The heat dissipating structure includes a first heat sink having at least one positioning portion, and at least one second heat sink having at least one second positioning portion and at least one hollow portion. The second heat sink is mounted on the substrate, and the first positioning portion of the first heat sink is attached to the second positioning portion of the second heat sink, allowing the chip to be accommodated in a space defined by the first heat sink, the hollow portion of the second heat sink and the substrate. This semiconductor package has good heat dissipating efficiency and is cost-effective to fabricate.
Abstract:
A semiconductor package and a fabrication method thereof are disclosed. The fabrication method includes the steps of providing a semiconductor chip having an active surface and a non-active surface opposing to the active surface, roughening a peripheral portion of the non-active surface so as to divide the non-active surface into the peripheral portion formed with a roughened structure and a non-roughened central portion, mounting the semiconductor chip on a chip carrier via a plurality of solder bumps formed on the active surface, forming an encapsulant on the chip carrier to encapsulate the semiconductor chip. The roughened structure formed on the peripheral portion of the non-active surface of the semiconductor chip can reinforce the bonding between the semiconductor chip and the encapsulant, and the non-roughened central portion of the non-active surface of the semiconductor chip can maintain the structural strength of the semiconductor chip.