Patent ID: 11916023
Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD.
Field: Semiconductors (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A method comprising:
bonding a first package component and a second package component to a third package component;
encapsulating the first package component and the second package component in an encapsulant;
applying a thermal interface material, wherein a bottom surface of the thermal interface material is in contact with top surfaces of the encapsulant, the first package component, and the second package component; and
placing a metal cap onto the thermal interface material, wherein a top surface of the thermal interface material is in contact with an additional bottom surface of the metal cap, and wherein one of the bottom surface and the top surface of the thermal interface material comprises a lower portion and a higher portion higher than the lower portion.