Patent ID: 7192843

Claim:
A method of fabricating a semiconductor device by transferring a semiconductor chip supported on a flexible support film to a mount member by means of a robot arm that moves in a predetermined movement direction that is substantially parallel to a contact surface defined by a surface of the semiconductor chip, at least a portion of which surface is in contact with the support film; the method comprising: a film bending step of bending the support film so that same has a pickup face that lies along the movement direction and a withdrawal face that lies substantially perpendicular to the movement direction and does not interfere with the robot arm; a step of disposing the mount member, whereon the semiconductor chip is to be mounted, in a position facing the withdrawal face and flanking on the pickup face; a step of lifting the semiconductor chip supported on the support film by a lifting member, from a side of the support film opposite from the semiconductor chip; and a chip mounting step of picking up the semiconductor chip lifted by the lifting member from the pickup face by means of the robot arm and of moving the semiconductor chip in the predetermined movement direction to transfer the semiconductor chip to the mount member.