Patent ID: 7061101

Claim:
A carrier module, comprising: a carrier module body for seating a semiconductor device on an underside thereof, having a pass through hole from an upper part to the underside where the semiconductor device is seated thereon; a housing over the carrier module body; a supplementary housing fitted in a lower part of the housing to be movable in up/down directions, for elastic contact with the carrier module body by a first elastic member fitted inside of the housing; a vacuum tube in the supplementary housing so as to be in communication with the pass through hole in the carrier module body; at least one pair of latches in a lower part of the carrier module body to move apart or close in an outer or inner side, for holding or releasing the semiconductor device seated on the carrier module body; at least one latch button fitted in an upper part of the carrier module body so as to be movable in up/down directions, and coupled to the at least one pair of latches with a connection pin for moving in up/down directions by an external force, to move the at least one pair of latches; and a second elastic member for elastic supporting the at least one latch button on the carrier module body, thereby, when the semiconductor device is brought into contact with a test socket, and tested, the semiconductor device is held with a vacuum formed through the pass through hole in the carrier module body and the vacuum tube while the at least one pair of latches releases the semiconductor device, and wherein the housing and the supplemental housing are not constituent parts of the carrier module body.