Patent ID: 11881438
Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
Field: Semiconductors (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. An integrated circuit (IC) assembly, comprising:
an IC die over, and electrically coupled to, a center region of an assembly substrate;
a stiffener over, and physically coupled to, a peripheral region of the assembly substrate; and
a continuous layer of thermal interface material (TIM) over both the center and peripheral regions, wherein the TIM is in direct physical contact with a surface of the IC die opposite the assembly substrate, and wherein an adhesive bond or a fusion bond physically couples the TIM to a surface of the stiffener opposite the assembly substrate, and wherein the TIM comprises a polymer, or a metal including one or more of Au, Ag, In, Bi, Ga, or Sn, or a phase change material (PCM), or graphite, or carbon nanotubes.