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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 25, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 17, 1996
Yoichi Hiruta, Kashiwa, JP;
Chiaki Takubo, Tokyo, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A board body constituting a characteristic evaluation board has a holding section for holding a semiconductor chip therein. The semiconductor chip has a plurality of bumps. The respective bumps of the semiconductor chip are set in contact with corresponding electrodes with the semiconductor chip held in the holding section in the board body. Clamping mechanisms are located on the surface of the board body in the neighborhood of the holding section. The clamping mechanisms press the semiconductor chip held in the holding section. The respective bumps on the semiconductor chip are pressure contacted with the corresponding electrodes. Since the respective bumps are pressure contacted with the corresponding electrodes without using a solder, the respective bumps can be formed of an eutectic solder. The semiconductor chip held in the holding section can readily be taken out of the holding section by opening the clamping mechanisms.