Method of injection molded flip chip encapsulation
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsDonald Seton Farquhar, Kostantinos Papathomas
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Abstract
The electrical interconnections between an integrated circuit chip assembly are encapsulated and reinforced with a high viscosity encapsulant material in a single step molding process wherein a mold is placed over an integrated circuit chip assembly and encapsulant material is dispensed through an opening in the mold and forced around and under the integrated circuit chip by external pressure encapsulating the integrated circuit chip assembly. An integrated circuit chip assembly having a reinforced electrical connection which is more resistant to weakening as a result is stress created by differences in coefficient of thermal expansion between the integrated circuit chip and the substrate to which the integrated circuit chip is attached is produced.
Claims14
A method for encapsulating and reinforcing the electrical interconnections of an integrated circuit chip assembly, comprising the steps of:
- providing a substrate having a remote surface and a mounting surface and an integrated circuit chip having an attachment surface and a remote surface;
- said attachment surface of said integrated circuit chip being attached to said mounting surface of said substrate in a standoff relationship thereby defining a space therebetween, said space having a height of about 0.002 to 0.006 inches;
- placing a mold over said integrated circuit chip, said mold having at least one opening extending from an inner surface of said mold to an outer surface of said mold and at least one vent, said inner surface of said mold facing said remote surface of said integrated circuit chip in a standoff relationship, thereby defining a void;
- applying pressure to said outer surface of said mold to seal said mold to said mounting surface of said substrate;
- providing a volume of an encapsulant necessary to substantially fill said space and said void, said encapsulant comprising a thermosetting polymer having a viscosity in the range of about 10 to 1000 Pascal-seconds at dispense temperature;
- dispensing said volume of said encapsulant through at least one of said openings into said space;
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- curing said encapsulant to form a bond between said substrate and said integrated circuit chip.
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