A method for fabricating copper-faced electronic modules is described.
These modules are mechanically robust, thermally accessible for cooling
purposes, and capable of supporting high power circuits, including
operation at 10 GHz and above. An imprinting method is described for
patterning the copper layers of the interconnection circuit, including a
variation of the imprinting method to create a special assembly layer
having wells filled with solder. The flip chip assembly method comprising
stud bumps inserted into wells enables unlimited rework of defective
chips. The methods can be applied to multi chip modules that may be
connected to other electronic systems or subsystems using feeds through
the copper substrate, using a new type of module access cable, or by
wireless means. The top copper plate can be replaced with a chamber
containing circulating cooling fluid for aggressive cooling that may be
required for servers and supercomputers. Application of these methods to
create a liquid cooled supercomputer is described.