Patent ID: 6853070

Claim:
A ball grid array (BGA) package, comprising: a stiffener; a substrate that has a first surface and a second surface, wherein said substrate has a window-shaped aperture that extends through said substrate from said first substrate surface to said second substrate surface, wherein said first surface of said substrate is attached to a surface of said stiffener, and wherein a portion of said surface of said stiffener is accessible through said window-shaped aperture; an IC die that has a first surface and a second surface, wherein said first surface of said IC die surface is mounted to said accessible portion of said surface of said stiffener; a heat spreader that has opposing first and second surfaces, wherein said first surface of said heat spreader is mounted to said second surface of said IC die, wherein said heat spreader has a ridge between said first and second surfaces of said heat spreader; and at least one wire bond that couples at least one contact pad of said IC die to said ridge of said heat spreader.