Claims
- 1. A method for assembling an integrated circuit package, comprising:mounting an integrated circuit to a package substrate, the integrated circuit has four edges; forming an underfill between the integrated circuit and the package substrate, the underfill extends from the edge of the integrated circuit a length L1 that is no less than approximately 25% of the length L2 between the integrated circuit edge and the integrated circuit center; forming a fillet material around and beyond said edge of said integrated circuit, wherein said fillet material is of a different material than said underfill; and forming an encapsulant over said integrated circuit and said fillet material, wherein said encapsulant is of a different material than said fillet material.
- 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the integrated circuit is mounted to the package substrate with a solder bump.
- 3. The method of claim 11, further comprising the step of attaching a solder ball to the package substrate.
- 4. A method to assemble an integrated circuit package, the method comprising:mounting an integrated circuit on a package substrate, the integrated circuit having an edge, a center, and a thickness; and dispensing an underfill material into a gap between the integrated circuit and the package substrate such that the underfill material extends from the edge toward the center of the integrated circuit a length L1 that is no less than approximately 25% of the length L2 between the edge and the center of the integrated circuit; and forming a fillet material around and beyond said edge of said integrated circuit, wherein said fillet material is of a different material than said underfill.
- 5. The method of claim 4 further comprising:using a solder bump to mount the integrated circuit to the package substrate.
- 6. The method of claim 4 wherein the fillet extends from the substrate to a point approximately one-half the thickness of the integrated circuit.
- 7. The method of claim 4 further comprising:using a solder ball to mount the package substrate to a printed circuit board.
- 8. The method of claim 5 wherein the underfill material is an epoxy material that structurally reinforces the solder bump.
- 9. A method to assemble an integrated circuit package, the method comprising:mounting an integrated circuit to a package substrate with a controlled collapsed chip connection process, the integrated circuit having four edges and a center; and applying a volume of an underfill material along each edge between the integrated circuit such that the underfill material flows between the integrated circuit and the substrate package in a capillary action; and the volume of underfill material applied is such that an underfill percentage of less than 75% but no less than 25% is achieved; and forming a fillet material around and beyond said edge of said integrated circuit, wherein said fillet material is of a different material than said underfill, wherein said fillet material further extends from said substrate package to approximately one-half the thickness of said integrated circuit.
- 10. The method of claim 9 wherein the underfill percentage is defined as the length L1 of the underfill from an edge of the integrated circuit to a non-underfilled area, divided by the length L2 from the edge to a center point of the integrated circuit.
- 11. The method of claim 9 wherein the underfill material may be dispensed in one of a set of a liquid form and a semi-liquid form.
- 12. A method to assemble an integrated circuit package comprising:mounting a first group of adjacent die pads to an integrated circuit; attaching a plurality of solder bumps to the first group of die pads; mounting a second group of surface pads on a substrate package; attaching the integrated circuit to the package substrate such that a gap is created between the integrated circuit and the package substrate; and dispensing an underfill material into the gap covering a minimum of at least two times the length of two adjacent die pads; forming a fillet material around and beyond said edge of said integrated circuit, wherein said fillet material is of a different material than said underfill material; and forming an encapsulant over said integrated circuit and said fillet material, wherein said encapsulant is of a different material than said fillet material and said underfill material.
- 13. The method of claim 12 further comprising:dispensing the underfill material along an edge of the integrated circuit.
- 14. The method of claim 12 wherein the underfill material may be dispensed in one of a set of liquid form and a semi-liquid form so that the underfill material flows between the integrated circuit and the substrate package under a capillary action.
- 15. The method of claim 12 further comprising:curing the underfill material to a solid state.
- 16. A method to assemble an integrated circuit package, the method comprising:mounting an integrated circuit on a package substrate, the integrated circuit having a perimeter and a center; and dispensing an underfill material into a gap, having a gap volume and the gap being between the integrated circuit and the package substrate such that the underfill material extends from the perimeter toward the center and ranging between less than 100% of the gap volume to no less than 25 of the gap volume to speed and lower cost of assembly while structurally reinforcing the integrated circuit package; and forming a fillet material around and beyond said edge of said integrated circuit, wherein said fillet material is of a different material than said underfill material.
- 17. The method of claim 16 wherein the underfill material filling the volume ranges between 75% of the gap volume and 25% of the gap volume.
- 18. The method of claim 16 wherein the underfill material filling the volume ranges between 50% of the gap volume and 25% of the gap volume.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application claims the benefit of and is a divisional of application Ser. No. 09/474,746 filed Dec. 29, 1999.
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