| abstract |
A method for mounting an electronic component. In one example of this method, the electronic component is an integrated circuit that is placed against an element of a carrier, such as a frame of a carrier. The electronic component has a plurality of elongate, resilient, electrical contact elements that are mounted on corresponding first electrical contact pads on the electronic component. The electronic component is secured to the carrier, and the carrier is pressed against a first substrate having a plurality of second electrical contacts adjacent a surface of the first substrate. In a typical example of this method, the electronic component is an integrated circuit that can be tested while being held in a carrier. The integrated circuit has been singulated from a wafer containing a plurality of integrated circuits. |