Patent ID: 7606034
Filing Date: 2009-10-20
Classification: H01L,H05K

Abstract:
1. A method of thermally enhancing a memory module, the memory module having a substrate, the substrate comprising a plurality of electrical planes, the method comprising: extending a first of the plurality of electrical planes of the substrate; providing a thermal connection between a top surface plane of the substrate and the first electrical plane, wherein the top surface plane of the substrate is one on which one or more memory devices of a first plurality of memory devices are mounted; coupling a first thermal management structure to the top surface plane of the substrate and to the thermal connection, wherein the thermal connection comprises thermal vias; and coupling a second thermal management structure to a bottom surface plane of the substrate, wherein the bottom surface plane of the substrate is one on which one or more memory devices of a second plurality of memory devices are mounted, the thermal connection connecting the bottom surface plane of the substrate to the first electrical plane, the second thermal management structure also coupled to the thermal connection.