Patent ID: 6971863

Claim:
A molding apparatus for molding semiconductor devices comprising: a mold part in which a molding process is performed; an in-magazine part which stores normal lead frame strips and dummy lead frame strips to be supplied to the mold part; a tablet loading part which stores tablets to be supplied to the mold part, said tablet loading part including a molding compound tablet feeder which stores molding compound tablets to be supplied to the mold part in a first operation mode a releasing tablet feeder which stores releasing tablets to be supplied to the mold part in a second operation mode and a tablet container feeder which is selectively supplied with molding tablets from the molding compound tablet feeder in the first operation mode and releasing tablets from the releasing tablet feeder in the second operation mode; a stack magazine part that stacks products molded in the mold part; and a pick-up part which transfers the products molded by the mold part to the stack magazine part, wherein the molding compound tablet feeder is positioned adjacent to the tablet container feeder and the releasing tablet feeder is positioned over the tablet container feeder.