Patent ID: 7372147
Filing Date: 2008-05-13
Classification: H01L,H05K,Y02P

Abstract:
1. An assembled electronic component system comprising: a printed circuit board; an integrated circuit package including a substrate and a lid, the substrate having a solder column array connected directly to the printed circuit board and the lid including an extended portion that extends directly from the substrate outwardly over an edge of the substrate, the integrated circuit package including four corners; a plurality of supports that are separate and distinct from each other, the respective supports disposed directly on the printed circuit board and spaced apart from each other to position each respective support at the respective corners of the integrated circuit package, each support including a body and a pair of wings extending from the body to be substantially perpendicular to each other for contacting the edges of the substrate of the integrated circuit package and the wings of the support being sized and shaped to extend underneath the extended portion of the lid of the integrated circuit package, wherein the body is sized and shaped to extend outwardly in a direction generally opposite from the wings to be exposed relative to, and not in contact with the extended portion of the lid, wherein the wings of the support are sized and shaped to contact and vertically support the extended portion of the lid of the integrated circuit package, and wherein a height of the wings of the respective support is substantially equal to a creep induced height of the solder column array; a compressive force mechanism applying a compressive force on the integrated circuit package against the printed circuit board, with the compressive force translated from the integrated circuit package to the printed circuit board through both the solder column array of the integrated circuit package and the wings of the supports via the extended portion of the lid of the integrated circuit package; and a heat sink removably secured on top of the lid of the integrated circuit package via the compressive force, the lid of the integrated circuit package being separate from and independent of the heat sink.