Patent ID: 7626259

Claim:
A circuit module comprising: (a) a rigid substrate having two opposing lateral sides and an edge and a window; (b) a flex circuit having first and second sides, the first side of the flex circuit having plural contacts adapted for connection to a circuit board socket and at least one of the first and second sides of the flex circuit being populated with plural CSPs of a first type with the second major side of the flex circuit being populated with at least one CSP of a second type; (c) a thermal sink accessible through the window of the rigid substrate, the flex circuit being disposed about the edge of the rigid substrate to dispose the at least one CSP of the second type in thermal contact with the thermal sink; and (d) at least one thermal clip set in thermal contact with a first one of the plural CSPs of the first type which is disposed on one side of the circuit module and in thermal contact with a second one of the plural CSPs of the first type which is disposed on the other side of the circuit module.