Patent ID: 7100814

Claim:
A method of preparing an integrated circuit module for attachment to a printed circuit substrate comprising the steps of: (a) providing a tape automated bonding (TAB) tape frame having a predetermined conductive test pad footprint formed about a perimeter of the TAB tape frame and a bond pad footprint generally centrally disposed relative to the test pad footprint, with conductive leads connecting the bond pads individually to the test pads and to ball grid array pads generally centrally disposed relative to the bond pad footprint; (b) permanently affixing a semiconductor die comprising an integrated circuit to the TAB tape frame, the integrated circuit having a plurality of input/output points within the bond pad footprint; (c) wire bonding the input/output points of the integrated circuit to selected ones of the bond pads in the bond pad footprint of the TAB tape; (d) overmolding the entire semiconductor die and the bond pad footprint with a plastic to form said integrated circuit module; and then (e) performing testing and burn-in on the integrated circuit by connecting test probes to the conductive test pads in the test pad footprint of the TAB tape.