Patent ID: 8441121

Claim:
A package carrier suitable for carrying a heat-generating element, the package carrier comprising: a substrate having an upper surface, a lower surface opposite to the upper surface, and a first opening communicating the upper surface and the lower surface; a heat-conducting element configured in the first opening of the substrate and having a top surface and a bottom surface opposite to the top surface; an insulation material filling the first opening of the substrate to fix the heat-conducting element into the first opening of the substrate; a first insulation layer configured on the upper surface of the substrate and covering the upper surface and a portion of the insulation material, the first insulation layer having a second opening, the second opening exposing a portion of the top surface of the heat-conducting element; a second insulation layer configured on the lower surface of the substrate and covering the lower surface and a portion of the insulation material, the second insulation layer having a third opening, the third opening exposing a portion of the bottom surface of the heat-conducting element; a first metal layer configured on the first insulation layer; a second metal layer configured on the second insulation layer; at least one through via passing through the first metal layer, the first insulation layer, the substrate, the second insulation layer, and the second metal layer; a third metal layer covering the first metal layer, the first insulation layer and the portion of the top surface of the heat-conducting element exposed by the second opening, the second metal layer, the second insulation layer and the portion of the bottom surface of the heat-conducting element exposed by the third opening, and an inner wall of the at least one through via; a solder mask configured on the third metal layer; and a surface passivation layer covering both the third metal layer exposed by the solder mask and the third metal layer located on the inner wall of the at least one through via, the heat-generating element being configured on the surface passivation layer correspondingly located above the portion of the top surface of the heat-conducting element exposed by the second opening.