Patent 10170341 was granted and assigned to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company on January, 2019 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A method includes forming a release film over a carrier, attaching a device over the release film through a die-attach film, encapsulating the device in an encapsulating material, performing a planarization on the encapsulating material to expose the device, detaching the device and the encapsulating material from the carrier, etching the die-attach film to expose a back surface of the device, and applying a thermal conductive material on the back surface of the device.