Patent ID: 7884630

Claim:
An IC carrier for holding a Ball Grid Array IC device including a package which has a first surface having a plurality of bump electrodes and a second surface opposite the first surface, the second surface having (a) a central protrusion, (b) a peripheral portion which surrounds the central protrusion and is lower in height than the central protrusion, and (c) a plurality of upper electrodes provided on the peripheral portion, wherein the IC carrier comprises: a frame forming a device reception space for receiving the IC device; a cover portion adapted to cover the upper electrodes of the IC device such that the cover portion is in contact with the peripheral portion of the IC device held on the IC carrier and is not in contact with the central protrusion of the IC device held on the IC carrier; and a holding device provided in the frame, the holding device being arranged to hold the IC device in the IC carrier while the cover portion covers the upper electrodes under a condition in which the bump electrodes of the IC device are exposed.