Patent ID: 7503155

Claim:
A method of packaging multiple chips, comprising: providing a flexible tape substrate having a thickness, a first side, a second side, a first segment, and a second segment; providing a first clamping element and a second clamping element; securing a first chip to the first side of the tape substrate to form a first capsule in the first segment of the tape substrate; securing the first segment of the tape substrate to the first clamping element; securing the second segment of the tape substrate adjacent the first segment to the second clamping element; automatically moving at least one of the first clamping element and the second clamping element, relative to one another, in at least one direction while folding the tape substrate to stack the second segment over the first capsule; and controlling the first and second clamping elements to automatically move independently of one another while folding the tape substrate to account for the movement of each other and the dimensions of the first and second segments.