Patent ID: 8425826

Claim:
A method for encapsulating electronic components mounted on a carrier, comprising the processing steps of: A) heating encapsulating material inside of a feed means such that the encapsulating material becomes liquid; B) displacing the encapsulating material from the feed means to a heated mould cavity enclosing the electronic component mounted on the carrier by exerting pressure on the liquid encapsulating material; C) filling the mould cavity with encapsulating material; and D) at least partially curing the encapsulating material in the mould cavity, whereby temperature regulation of the encapsulating material takes place during separate sections of the path covered by the encapsulating material during the processing steps A)-C) by creating different temperature zones separated from each other thermally by means of at least one temperature barrier, wherein the at least one temperature barrier comprises a recess that at least partially separates the feed means in one temperature zone from the mould cavity in another temperature zone, wherein prior to the start of processing step A) the encapsulating material is actively cooled in a device for encapsulating electronic components mounted on a carrier.