A method, mold and apparatus for encapsulating and underfilling an integrated
circuit
chip assembly. The mold has a first portion and a second portion with the first
portion having first and second cavities and at least one channel interconnecting
the first and second cavities. The first cavity is adapted to enclose the integrated
circuit chip on the substrate. A clamping force is applied to the first and second
portions of the mold to clamp the substrate between them with the integrated circuit
chip located in the first cavity. Vents exhaust air from the first cavity. Encapsulant
is injected into the first cavity of the first portion at a location in the first
portion remote from the point of connection of the channel such that encapsulant
flows around and underneath the integrated circuit chip and through the channel
into the second cavity to thereby underfill and encapsulate the integrated circuit assembly.