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A thermal connector for conducting heat from microelectronic components such as semiconductor chips to a heat sink. The connector includes a large number of flexible thermal conductors desirably formed as elongated “S”-shaped strips or ribbons. The conductors can flex to accommodate tolerances in th

A thermal connector for conducting heat from microelectronic components such as semiconductor chips to a heat sink. The connector includes a large number of flexible thermal conductors desirably formed as elongated “S”-shaped strips or ribbons. The conductors can flex to accommodate tolerances in the assembly and displacement of the components caused by thermal expansion. The conductors may have relatively thin neck sections to increase the flexibility of the conductors, The connector may be fabricated by a process which includes fabrication of the conductors as flat strips, bonding of the conductors to a pair of opposed planar sheets and vertically moving the sheets away from one another to expand the conductors vertically to their final three-dimensional configuration.

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A microelectronic assembly comprising: (a) a microelectronic device; (b) a heat sink; (c) a plurality of elongated metallic heat conductors each having an axis of elongation, said conductors defining a plurality of continuous paths between said microelectronic element and the heat sink, each such pa

A microelectronic assembly comprising: (a) a microelectronic device; (b) a heat sink; (c) a plurality of elongated metallic heat conductors each having an axis of elongation, said conductors defining a plurality of continuous paths between said microelectronic element and the heat sink, each such path including one of said conductors or a plurality of said conductors connected to one another, each such path having a proximal end connected to the device and a distal end connected to the heat sink, so that each said conductor will be bent upon relative movement of said device and said heat sink, at least some of said conductors being necked conductors, each said necked conductor having a main region constituting a major portion of the length of the conductor and at least one neck constituting a minor portion of the length of the conductor, each said neck being more flexible in bending than the main region.