Abstract:
An electrical assembly that includes a circuit board, an electrical device, a heat spreader, and a solder sphere. The electrical device is a surface mount type package attached to the circuit board. The heat spreader overlies and extends beyond the outline of the device, and is in thermal contact the top side of the surface mount type package. A contact surface of the heat spreader is spaced apart from a mounting surface of the circuit board by a distance based on a height of the top side above the mounting surface. The solder sphere has a pre-reflow diameter sufficient to couple the contact surface to the mounting surface after the solder sphere is reflowed.