Patent ID: 8304293

Claim:
A method for thermally enhancing a semiconductor package, the method comprising the steps of: placing an integrated circuit in a wire-bond-based package, the wire-bond-based package comprising a die pad for the integrate circuit and bonding wires electrically connecting the integrated circuit with respective bonding fingers; forming a thermal spreader between the integrated circuit and the die pad for the integrated circuit, wherein the thermal spreader is integrated within the integrated circuit as a part thereof, the thermal spreader having a thermal conductivity that is higher than the die pad's thermal conductivity; and wherein the thermal conductivity of the thermal spreader is higher than 500 W/m·K such that heat generated by the integrated circuit is spread substantially evenly across the thermal spreader, and a molding compound partially encapsulating the die pad, the bonding wires, the bonding fingers and the integrated circuit such that the thermal spreader is completely encapsulated and a bottom surface of the die pad is exposed and is coplanar with that of the molding compound.