Abstract: A printed circuit board comprises plural electronic parts, a printed-wiring board for mounting the plural electronic parts mounted thereon, and soldered portions provided on the printed-wiring board, wherein the soldered portion connects electrically the printed-wiring board and the electronic part by solder, and a soldered portion to be restored is assigned according to a failure data derived in a preliminary reliability test of a printed circuit board, and the assigned soldered portion is subjected to re-soldering. A method for restoring a printed circuit board comprises steps: recovering a printed circuit board used in market having plural electronic parts mounted through solder at soldered portions provided on a printed-wiring board, assigning soldered portions to be restored according to a failure data derived in a preliminary reliability test of a same printed circuit board, and carrying out a re-soldering at the assigned soldered portion.

Abstract: In a tape automated bonding (TAB) tape used in a semiconductor device, there is provided at each of the corners of a square opening therein a projection inwards the opening instead of the conventional right angle corner. This projection is left when said opening is cut in the base tape or when metal foil on the base tape is selectively etched. According to the present invention, gap between each corner of the opening and each corner of a semiconductor chip can be reduced in virtue of the above-mentioned projection, this permitting to prevent resin to be applied for coating a semiconductor chip and the inner leads to be bonded to it from dripping through the corner.