Characterization of the Thermal Interface Material (TIM) of a microprocessor

 

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Verfasser: Salazar-Jiménez, José Alberto
Format: artículo original
Status:Versión publicada
Publikationsdatum:2013
Beschreibung:Thermal Interface Materials (TIM) are materials which are used in microelectronics, mainly in microprocessors, to improve the yield of heat transfer between the silicon die and the copper heat sink, replacing the trapped air in this area due to the surface roughness of both components. The heat transfer in this material depends mostly of its chemical composition and its thickness. This work deals with the measure of thickness and the determination of chemical composition for the TIM of an Intel Pentium 4 microprocessor, using a scanning electron microscope (SEM) equipped with energydispersive x-ray spectrometer (EDX), present in the Nanotechnology Laboratory of the ITCR.
Land:Portal de Revistas TEC
Institution:Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas TEC
Sprache:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/1579
Online Zugang:https://revistas.tec.ac.cr/index.php/tec_marcha/article/view/1579
Stichwort:Material de Interfaz Térmica
microprocesador
SEM
EDX.
Thermal Interface Material
Microprocessor