Patent ID: 6772512
Filing Date: 2004-08-10
Classification: H01L,Y10T

Abstract:
A method for fabricating a FCBGA package, comprising the steps of:(1) preparing a substrate having a front surface and a back surface, the substrate being predefined wit a vent-hole position at a specified location; (2) forming a plurality of solder-ball pads and a dummy pad over the back surface of the substrate, the dummy pad being located at the predefined vent-hole position; (3) forming a solder mask over the back surface of the substrate to cover all the back surface of the substrate including the dummy pad while exposing the solder-ball pads, wherein the solder mask has a portion laid over the dummy pad to be formed into an elevated flat surface, the elevated flat surface being level with an exposed surface of a portion of the solder mask covering the substrate exclusive of the dummy pad; (4) drilling through the predefined vent-hole position to thereby form a vent hole having an entrance in the front surface of the substrate and an exit in the elevated flat surface of the solder mask; (5) forming a groove in the elevated flat surface and surrounding the exit of the vent hole; (6) mounting a flip chip over the front surface of the substrate, wherein a flip-chip undergap is left between the flip chip and the substrate; and (7) performing a molding process to form an encapsulation body through the use of an encapsulation material to encapsulate the flip chip; wherein to vent hole allows air in die flip-chip undergap to escape to outside atmosphere, thereby allowing the encapsulation material to infiltrate with air resistance into the flip-chip undergap and form a molded-underfill layer; and wherein as the encapsulation material flows to the exit of the vent hole and infiltrates to the groove, due to reduction in flow speed and increase in viscosity of the encapsulation material by traveling through the flip-chip undergap and the vent hole, the encapsulation material would be contained within the groove, thereby preventing the encapsulation material from flashing to the solder-ball pads.