Patent ID: 7161240

Claim:
An electrical assemblage, comprising: a main portion having a top surface and a bottom surface for supporting at least one component on said top surface, said at least one component having a junction temperature T j and first and second mating surfaces; means for reducing said junction temperature T j of said at least one component comprising at least one two-piece heat removing element comprising a top pad on said top surface and a bottom pad on said bottom surface, said top pad having a first end, a second end and a web intermediate said ends, said first end being bonded to said main portion and having a plurality of thermal vias therein extending between said top and bottom pads, said second end being electrically associated with either of said first and second mating surfaces of said at least one component and forming a thermal transport path therebetween said plurality of thermal vias being separated from said either of said first and second mating surfaces by said web; and, a heat sink adjacent to and bonded to said bottom pad, said thermal transport path extending from said top pad through said thermal vias to said bottom pad and from said bottom pad to said adjacent heat sink, said heat sink absorbing heat transferred along said thermal transport path for reducing said junction temperature T j of said at least one component to a temperature T 1 , wherein T 1 is less than T j .