Patent ID: 6969641

Claim:
A method of packaging an integrated circuit, comprising: disposing an integrated circuit chip outwardly from a first surface of a substrate; positioning the integrated circuit chip and the substrate between a first mold press die and a second mold press die; engaging the first mold press die with the second mold press die such that the integrated circuit chip is disposed within a cavity formed by the engagement of the first mold press die with the second mold press die, the cavity comprising a pre-warped configuration based on an anticipated warpage of a mold compound when removed from the cavity and further based on a predefined configuration of the mold compound after curing; and encapsulating the integrated circuit chip with the mold compound such that the mold compound takes on the pre-warped configuration of the cavity; removing the encapsulated integrated circuit chip from the cavity; and curing the mold compound, whereby the curing transforms the mold compound from the pre-warped configuration to a predefined configuration.