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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 12, 2002
Marie-France Boyaud, Bromont, CA;
Catherine Dufort, Bromont, CA;
Marie-Claude Paquet, Bromont, CA;
Real Tetreault, Granby, CA;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
There is provided a method, mold and apparatus for encapsulating and underfilling an integrated circuit chip assembly including an integrated circuit chip mounted on a substrate in a standoff relationship. The mold has a first portion and a second portion with the first portion having first and second cavities and at least one channel interconnecting said first and second cavities. The first cavity is adapted to enclose said integrated circuit chip on said substrate. Means, e.g., a clamp, applies a clamping force to the first and the second portions of the mold to clamp the substrate between the first and second portions with the integrated circuit chip located in the first cavity. Vent means exhausts air from the first cavity. Means for injecting encapsulant into the first cavity of the first portion at a location in the first portion remote from the point of connection of the channel to the first cavity, such that encapsulant flows around and underneath the integrated circuit chip and through the channel into the second cavity to thereby underfill and encapsulate the integrated circuit assembly.