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1. A package board for flip-chip packaging on whose one surface an element is mounted in a facedown manner, comprising:
an interconnection provided on said one surface;
a bump formation region in which a bump electrically connecting said interconnection with an electrode pad of said element is provided; and
a strip-shaped insulating film covering a part of said interconnection outside of said bump formation region,
wherein said strip-shaped insulating film is provided to surround all sides of a central region of said element and along a side of said bump formation region opposite to an edge of said package board, and said strip-shaped insulating film further has an opening section formed within said central region.
2. The package board according to claim 1,
wherein said opening section is formed all over said central region.
3. The package board according to claim 1,
wherein said strip-shaped insulating film includes a plurality of rectangular-shaped insulating films that surround said central region.
4. The package board according to claim 1,
further comprises an outer insulating film covering said one surface between said bump formation region and said edge of said package board.
5. The package board according to claim 1,
wherein said strip-shaped insulating film has a slit formed in a region where said interconnection is not provided.
6. A semiconductor device comprising:
a package board; and
a semiconductor chip mounted on one surface of said package board and having a flip-chip connection to said package board,
said package board including:
an interconnection provided on said one surface;
a bump formation region in which a bump electrically connecting said interconnection with an electrode pad of said semiconductor chip is provided; and
a strip-shaped insulating film covering a part of said interconnection outside of said bump formation region,
wherein said strip-shaped insulating film is provided around each side of a central region of said semiconductor chip and along a side of said bump formation region opposite to an edge of said package board, and said strip-shaped insulating film further has an opening section formed within said central region.
7. The semiconductor device according to claim 6,
wherein said opening section is formed all over said central region.
8. The semiconductor device according to claim 6,
wherein said strip-shaped insulating film includes a plurality of rectangular-shaped insulating films that are provided around said central region.
9. The semiconductor device according to claim 6,
further comprising an outer insulating film covering said one surface between said bump formation region and said edge of said package board.
10. The semiconductor device according to claim 6,
wherein said strip-shaped insulating film has a slit formed in a region where said interconnection is not provided.
11. A package board for flip-chip packaging having an element mounted on a first surface thereof in a facedown manner, said package board comprising:
an interconnection provided on said first surface;
a bump electrically connecting said interconnection with said element; and
a strip-shaped insulating film covering a part of said interconnection outside of said bump,
said strip-shaped insulating film surrounding all sides of a central region of said element and defining an opening exposing an end of said interconnection in said central region.
12. The package board according to claim 11, wherein said strip-shaped insulating film comprises plural discrete elongate rectangular-shaped insulating films that surround said central region.
13. The package board according to claim 12, wherein each of said rectangular-shaped insulating films has a slit formed in a region where said interconnection is not provided.
14. The package board according to claim 11, further comprising an outer insulating film covering said one surface between said bump and an edge of said package board.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. A communication management apparatus that is connectable to an audio data communication management system, which includes a plurality of communication management apparatuses, wherein said communication management apparatus and other communication management apparatuses are connected to a network, said communication management apparatus comprising:
a first transmitter that transmits an audio data at a first transmission rate to the network;
a first memory that stores a first status data representing all setting status of the communication management apparatus;
a second transmitter that transmits the first status data at a second transmission rate lower than the first transmission rate, to the network;
a first receiver that receives a second status data representing all setting status of the other communication management apparatuses at the second communication rate from the other communication management apparatuses via the network;
a second memory that stores the second status data received from the other communication management apparatuses;
a second receiver that receives an order data generated by one of the other communication management apparatus set as a master apparatus via the network, wherein the order data represents an order of transmission of the respective one of plurality of the communication management apparatuses included in the audio data communication management system;
a third transmitter that transmits a first modification data instructing modification of the first status data at an order specified by the order data;
a third receiver that receives a second modification data instructing modification of the second status data from at least one of the other communication management apparatuses; and
a modifying device that modifies the second status data stored in the second memory based on the second modification data received.
2. The communication management apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a connector that connects with an external audio data source.
3. The communication management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the second status data includes information representing all setting status of one of the other communication management apparatuses being connected with an external audio data source.
4. The communication management apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a connector that connects with one or more external amplifiers.
5. The communication management apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the first status data includes a parameter for setting the one or more external amplifiers.
6. The communication management apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the parameter represents a loudspeaker output, a mute setting and a volume control.
7. The communication management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the second status data includes information representing all setting status of one of the other communication management apparatuses being connected with one or more external amplifiers.
8. The communication management apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the second status data includes a parameter for setting the one or more external amplifiers.
9. The communication management apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the parameter represents a loudspeaker output, a mute setting and a volume control.
10. A communication management apparatus that is connectable to an audio data communication management system, which includes a plurality of other communication management apparatuses are included, and wherein the communication management apparatus and other communication management apparatuses are connected to a network, the communication management apparatus comprising:
a first transmitter that transmits an audio data at a first transmission rate to the network;
a first memory that stores a first status data representing setting status of the communication management apparatus;
a second transmitter that transmits the first status data at a second transmission rate lower than the first transmission rate, to the network;
a first receiver that receives a second status data representing setting status of the other communication management apparatuses at the second communication rate from the other communication management apparatuses via the network;
a second memory that stores the second status data received from the other communication management apparatuses;
a generating device that generates an order data representing an order of transmission of the respective ones of plurality of the communication management apparatuses included in the audio data communication management system; and
a third transmitter that transmits the order data to the network, so that each of the other communication management apparatuses sequentially transmits a modification data instructing modification of the first status data to the network in accordance with an order specified by the order data.
11. The communication management apparatus according to claim 10, further comprising a connector that connecting with an external audio data source.
12. The communication management apparatus according to claim 10, wherein said second status data includes information representing setting status of one of the other communication management apparatuses being connected with an external audio data source.
13. The communication management apparatus according to claim 10, further comprising a connector that connects with one or more external amplifiers.
14. The communication management apparatus according to claim 13, wherein said first status data includes a parameter for setting the one or more external amplifiers.
15. The communication management apparatus according to claim 14, wherein said parameter represents a loudspeaker output, a mute setting and a volume control.
16. The communication management apparatus according to claim 10, wherein said second status data includes information representing setting status of one of the other communication management apparatuses being connected with one or more external amplifiers.
17. The communication management apparatus according to claim 16, wherein said second status data includes a parameter for setting the one or more external amplifiers.
18. The communication management apparatus according to claim 17, wherein said parameter represents a loudspeaker output, a mute setting and a volume control.
19. A method for controlling a communication management apparatus, said communication management apparatus being connectable to an audio data communication management system, which includes a plurality of other communication management apparatuses, wherein said communication management apparatus and other communication management apparatuses are connected to a network, said communication management method comprising the steps of:
transmitting an audio data at a first transmission rate to the network;
storing a first status data representing all setting status of the communication management apparatus;
transmitting the first status data at a second transmission rate lower than the first transmission rate, to the network;
receiving a second status data representing all setting status of the other communication management apparatuses at the second communication rate from the other communication management apparatuses via the network;
storing the second status data received from the other communication management apparatuses;
receiving an order data generated by one of the other communication management apparatus set as a master apparatus via the network, wherein the order data represents an order of transmission of the respective one of plurality of the communication management apparatuses included in the audio data communication management system;
transmitting a first modification data instructing modification of the first status data at an order specified by the order data;
receiving a second modification data instructing modification of the second status data from at least one of the other communication management apparatuses; and
modifying the stored second status data based on the second modification data received.
20. A method for controlling a communication management apparatus, said communication management apparatus being connectable to an audio data communication management system, which includes a plurality of other communication management apparatuses, wherein said communication management apparatus and other communication management apparatuses are connected to a network, said communication management method comprising the steps of:
transmitting an audio data at a first transmission rate to the network;
storing a first status data representing setting status of the communication management apparatus;
transmitting the first status data at a second transmission rate lower than the first transmission rate, to the network;
receiving a second status data representing setting status of the other communication management apparatuses at the second communication rate from the other communication management apparatuses via the network;
storing the second status data received from the other communication management apparatuses;
generating an order data representing an order of transmission of the respective ones of plurality of the communication management apparatuses included in the audio data communication management system; and
transmitting the order data to the network, so that each of the other communication management apparatuses sequentially transmits a modification data instructing modification of the first status data to the network in accordance with an order specified by the order data.