COOLING MEANS FOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT CHIP DEVICE.

摘要

A cooling means (18) for a circuit chip device (10) employs a noneutectic metal alloy (22) to form a low thermal resistance bridging interface between the surface of the chip device and a heat sink (18). The alloy has a solidus-liquidus temperature range such that the solidus is slightly below the maximum operating temperature of the chip, and thus has the capability to reestablish and maintain the interface at a low thermal resistance if stressed during circuit operation, even with a low contact load at the interface of the chip device and the heat sink. In addition to the chip interface, the above cooling means is also used at other interfacial regions of the heat sink, dependent on design, to achieve very low thermal resistance.