HANDLER FOR TAPE CARRIER PACKAGES AND METHOD OF TRAVELING TAPE CARRIER PACKAGE TAPE

摘要

PURPOSE: To reduce the stress to be applied to a TCP (tape carrier package) tape in its running operation. CONSTITUTION: In the handler for a TCP, the TCP tape X in which a plurality of TCPs 10 are connected to be tapelike is run sequentially and intermittently, a measuring part 4 installed in the halfway of a running route is moved to a direction at right angles to the surface of the TCP tape X, and each semiconductor chip 10c in each TCP 10 is brought sequentially into contact with an opposite probe card 5 so as to be connected. Bending parts T1, T2 of the TCP tape X are formed in the front and the rear of the measuring part 4, and the TCP tape X in the front and the rear of the bending parts T1, T2 is run by sprockets 2B to 2E.