Tape automated wire bonded integrated circuit chip assembly

Claim 1

An integrated circuit assembly comprising in combination: an integrated circuit chip having a plurality of signal pads situated thereon; a tape carrier comprised of a substantially planar central insulative member and etched metallic sections on the respective opposite surfaces of said member, a first of said surfaces having a lead frame comprised of a plurality of electrical conductors etched thereon, the second of said surfaces having a base plate etched thereon; said first of said surfaces having a rectangular opening in said central insulative member overlying a portion of said base plate, said base plate having an inner surface accessible through said opening, the latter opening providing for the mounting of said integrated circuit chip on such inner surface of said base plate; said plurality of electrical conductors of said lead frame being comprised of groups of conductors positioned adjacent respective sides of said opening, said conductors in and such group being arranged in parallel spaced-apart relation with respect to one another and having their longitudinal axes oriented at right angles to the side of said opening adjacent thereto, an elongated aperture positioned at right angles to the longitudinal axes of the conductors in each of said groups and underlying a portion of said conductors which is intermediate the respective extremities thereof, said elongated aperture providing access means for severing the conductors to obtain free ends of said conductors devoid of said insulative member; and a plurality of wires connecting respectively said signal pads of said integrated circuit chip to the extremities of said electrical conductors opposite to said free ends thereof.