Patent ID: 8053284

Claim:
A method of assembling a bent circuit chip package, comprising: providing a substrate having a first coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE); mounting onto the substrate a circuit chip having a second CTE; placing a metal foil on the circuit chip to establish thermal contact therewith; dispensing an adhesive onto a metal lid having a bottom edge region and a third CTE that is different from the first CTE, wherein the dispensing is along the bottom edge of the metal lid; placing the metal lid onto the metal foil to establish thermal contact therewith so that the bottom edge region having adhesive thereon is in contact with the substrate forming an assembly; compressing the assembly at a first temperature and at a pressure and length of time sufficient to cure the adhesive and bond the lid to the substrate; and changing temperature of the assembly to a second temperature causing the assembly to bend, thereby reducing thermal resistance of the thermal contacts and producing the bent circuit chip package.