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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 25, 1998
Keiichiro Kata, Tokyo, JP;
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An area TAB film has a plurality of first lead lines and a plurality of second lead lines on a base film. Each of first lead lines will be electrically connected to each of peripheral electrode pads while each of second lead lines will be electrically connected to each of inner electrode pads when the chip will be mounted on the TAB film. In this TAB film, the first and the second lead lines have a staggered arrangement from each other and are extended in opposite directions. Practically, the distance or the gap between the first lead lines is wider than that of conventional TAB film. Consequently, the TAB film can cope with an increase of the number of pads with a package size kept unchanged and serves to obtain a low cost package as compared with the conventional TAB film.