The present invention includes a method of making a thermal management and signal control structure comprising forming in a substrate heat conductive vias and control vias, power vias, and ground vias, wherein the heat conductive vias and the control vias, power vias, and vias are aligned to a first metal plate on a first side of the substrate, wherein the control vias, power vias, and ground vias are surrounded by a glass layer; forming a second metal plate on a second side of the substrate, wherein the second metal plate is connected to the heat conductive vias; and forming a pad on each of the control vias, power vias, and ground vias, wherein each pad is configured to electrically connect the thermal management and signal control structure to at least one of: a printed circuit board, an integrated circuit, or a power management unit.

Systems including power device embedded PCBs coupled to cooling devices and methods of forming the same are disclosed. One system includes a power device embedded PCB stack, a cooling assembly including a cold plate having one or more recesses therein, and a buffer cell disposed within each of the one or more recesses. The cooling assembly is bonded to the PCB stack with a insulation substrate disposed therebetween. The cooling assembly is arranged such that the buffer cell faces the PCB stack and absorbs stress generated at an interface of the PCB stack and the cooling assembly.

Power amplifier systems including power amplifier modules (PAMs) and electromagnetic bandgap (EBG) isolation structures are disclosed. In embodiments, the power amplifier system includes a printed circuit board (PCB) and a PAM mounted to the PCB in an inverted orientation. The PCB has a PCB frontside on which a PAM mount region is provided, and radio frequency (RF) input and output bondpads. The PAM includes a topside input/output interface having RF input and output terminals electrically coupled to the RF input and output pads, respectively. The power amplifier system further includes a first EBG isolation structure containing a first grounded EBG cell array, at least a portion of which is located within or beneath the PAM mount region.

The present disclosure relates to systems and methods using thermal vias to increase the current-carrying capacity of conductive traces on a multilayered printed circuit board (PCB). In various embodiments, parameters associated with vias may be selected to control various electrical and thermal properties of the conductive trace. Such parameters include the via diameter, a plating thickness, a number of vias, a placement of the vias, an amount of conductive material to be added or removed from the conductive trace, a change in the resistance of the conductive trace, a change in a fusing measurement of the conductive trace, and the like.

The present invention proposes a carrier substrate (1) for electrical components (13), the carrier substrate (1) having a component side (4) and a cooling side (5) which is opposite the component side (4) and has a cooling structure (30), the carrier substrate (1) comprising a primary layer (10) which faces the component side (4) and is produced from ceramic for electrical insulation, and a secondary layer (20) which faces the cooling side (5) for stiffening the carrier substrate (1), characterized in that a metallic intermediate layer (15) is arranged between the primary layer (10) and the secondary layer (20) for heat transfer from the component side (4) to the cooling side (5), the metallic intermediate layer (15) being thicker than the primary layer (10) and/or the secondary layer (20).

A power device for surface mounting has a leadframe including a die-attach support and at least one first lead and one second lead. A die, of semiconductor material, is bonded to the die-attach support, and a package, of insulating material and parallelepipedal shape, surrounds the die and at least in part the die-attach support and has a package height. The first and second leads have outer portions extending outside the package, from two opposite lateral surfaces of the package. The outer portions of the leads have lead heights greater than the package height, extend throughout the height of the package, and have respective portions projecting from the first base.

A substrate is described with a thermal dissipation structure sintered to thermal vias. In one example, a microelectronic module includes a recess between first and second substrate surfaces. One or more thermal vias extend between the first substrate surface and the interior recess surface, wherein each of the thermal vias has an interior end exposed at the interior recess surface. A sintered metal layer is in the recess and in physical contact with the interior end of the thermal vias and a thermal dissipation structure is in the recess over the sintered metal layer. The thermal dissipation structure is attached to the substrate within the recess by the sintered metal layer, and the thermal dissipation structure is thermally coupled to the thermal vias through the sintered metal layer.

A module includes a substrate, which has a polygonal shape in a plan view, an electronic component and an electronic component, which are mounted on a main surface of the substrate, and side electrodes, which are provided on at least two side surfaces of a plurality of side surfaces that form the polygonal shape of the substrate. A conductor film coupled to the electronic component and a conductor film coupled to the electronic component are provided on the substrate. The conductor film extends to reach a side surface of the at least two side surfaces to be coupled to a side electrode provided on the side surface. The conductor film extends to reach a side surface of the at least two side surfaces, which is different from the side surface, to be coupled to a side electrode provided on the side surface.

A generator control unit (GCU) having thermal control includes a GCU housing having a first side and a second side. A printed wiring board (PWB) is within the GCU housing between the first side and the second side. The PWB includes a component side that faces a first side of the GCU housing. At least one through via is positioned through a thickness of the PWB. At least one boss is positioned on the component side of the PWB. The at least one boss extends from a component of the PWB to the first side of the GCU housing.

A circuit board module includes a first circuit board having a first main surface on which an electronic component that generates heat when the electronic component operates is mounted and a second main surface, a second circuit board having a third main surface on which the first circuit board is mounted and a fourth main surface, and a first thermally-conductive sheet between the first circuit board and the second circuit board. The first circuit board is mounted such that the second main surface faces the third main surface. The first circuit board includes thermally-conductive vias that extend between the first and second main surfaces, the vias being densely distributed in a region near a mounting terminal of the electronic component, filled with a thermally-conductive member, and physically in contact with the first thermally-conductive sheet that covers the third main surface of the second circuit board.