Patent ID: 8232576

Claim:
A semiconductor chip assembly, comprising: a semiconductor device; an adhesive that includes an opening; a heat spreader that includes a post, a base and a ceramic block, wherein the post is adjacent to the base and extends above the base in an upward direction, the base extends below the post in a downward direction opposite the upward direction and extends laterally from the post in lateral directions orthogonal to the upward and downward directions, the post and the base are metal and the ceramic block contacts and is embedded in the post in a cavity in the post that faces in the upward direction; and a conductive trace that includes a pad and a terminal; wherein the semiconductor device overlaps the ceramic block, is electrically connected to the pad and thereby electrically connected to the terminal, and is thermally connected to the ceramic block and thereby thermally connected to the base; wherein the adhesive is mounted on and extends above the base, extends laterally from the post to or beyond the terminal and is sandwiched between the base and the pad; wherein the conductive trace is located outside the cavity; and wherein the post extends into the opening, and the base extends below the semiconductor device and the pad.