Tape carrier package and method of fabricating the same

摘要

A tape carrier package with a widow that is capable of confirming an alignment extent between the tape carrier package and a print wiring board in bonding the tape carrier package mounted with an integrated circuit on the liquid crystal panel and the print wiring board. In the package, the integrated circuit is mounted onto a base film. Input pads are connected to the integrated circuit and formed on the base film. Dummy pads are formed at the left and right side thereof not to be connected to the integrated circuit. Windows are provided by opening the base film adjacent to the dummy pads to expose at least two of said dummy pads.