Inventors:
Jose Diaz - Pembroke Pines FL
Harold M. Cook - Boynton Beach FL
Edmund B. Boucher - Fort Lauderdale FL
Assignee:
Motorola, Inc. - Schaumburg IL
International Classification:
H05K 720
US Classification:
361704, 165 802, 165 803, 165185, 174 163, 174 522, 257707, 257713, 257678, 257690, 257698, 361707, 361717, 361718, 361722, 361761, 361764, 361768, 361774, 361777
Abstract:
A reversible heat sink packaging assembly ( ) for integrated circuits is provided. The packaging assembly ( ) includes a chip carrier ( ) having an opening ( ) formed therein and a heat sink ( ). The heat sink ( ) is attached to one side of a die ( ). The die ( ) fits into the opening ( ) of the carrier ( ) with the heat sink ( ) abutting one side ( ) of the carrier and the die being wire bonded ( ) to the other side ( ) of the carrier. The packaging assembly ( ) can be oriented either device side up or down.