Patent ID: 7732933

Claim:
A TAB (Tape Automated Bonding) package comprising: a flexible film substrate; a plurality of wiring patterns including dedicated input patterns and dedicated output patterns disposed on the film substrate; and a semiconductor chip disposed on the film substrate, the semiconductor chip comprising: a major surface comprising two long sides and two short sides; a plurality of dedicated output bumps disposed on a peripheral area along the two long sides, the dedicated output bumps being coupled to corresponding dedicated output patterns; and a plurality of dedicated input bumps formed on the major surface and disposed between the dedicated output bumps, the dedicated input bumps being coupled to corresponding dedicated input patterns; wherein the dedicated input patterns pass over a first of the two long sides and extend toward a second of the two long sides as the dedicated input patterns run from an area outside the semiconductor chip to an area over the semiconductor chip, wherein at least one of the dedicated input patterns is connected to at least two dedicated input bumps, and wherein, in an area confined to above the major surface, a part of one the dedicated input patterns extends between and connects to at least two dedicated input bumps.