Featuring Flexible Circuit (i.e., Tape Automated Bonding (tab), Etc.) Patents (Class 349/150)
  • Publication number: 20110007257
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display is disclosed. The liquid crystal display includes a liquid crystal display panel including a pixel array in which data lines and gate lines cross each other, liquid crystal cells are arranged in a matrix format according to a crossing structure of the data lines and the gate lines, and thin film transistors (TFTs) are alternately connected to data lines adjacent to the TFTs in zigzag form, a plurality of source driver integrated circuits (ICs), each of which supplies a data voltage to the data lines, and a gate drive circuit that sequentially supplies a gate pulse to the gate lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2009
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Inventors: Woongki Min, Hongsung Song
  • Patent number: 7868989
    Abstract: In a mounting structure in which a component is mounted on a substrate, substrate-side first wirings, substrate-side first terminals formed in a mounting area where the component is mounted on the substrate, substrate-side second terminals formed in the mounting area and substrate-side second wirings are disposed over the substrate. Component-side first terminals and component-side second terminals are provided to the component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Tomoki Yokota
  • Patent number: 7863617
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an active matrix type display device, which is reliable and flexible, is provided. An active matrix type display device according to an aspect of the present invention includes: a first substrate, which is flexible; a thin glass layer provided on the first substrate via an adhesion layer, and having projections and depressions on a surface thereof opposing to the first substrate, the projections and depressions having rounded tips and bottoms; active elements provided on the thin glass layer, each active element corresponding to a pixel; a display provided above the thin glass layer, and driven by the active elements to display an image pixel by pixel; and a second substrate provided on the display, and having an opposing electrode formed thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Hioki, Masahiko Akiyama, Mitsuo Nakajima, Yujiro Hara, Yutaka Onozuka
  • Patent number: 7859633
    Abstract: A multi-layer flexible film package which shields electromagnetic waves, prevents electrostatic discharge, and at the same time, performs a heat radiation function, and a liquid crystal display device having the same, include an insulating film having circuit patterns and internal ground wiring lines at a first side thereof, an insulating layer formed on the circuit patterns and the internal ground wiring lines, a driver integrated circuit (“IC”) electrically connected to the circuit patterns and the internal ground wiring lines, a ground layer formed on a second side opposite the first side of the insulating film and connected to the internal ground wiring lines, and via holes formed through the insulating film and electrically connecting the internal ground wiring lines and the ground layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Joo-hwan Park
  • Patent number: 7852423
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a main support supporting a liquid crystal panel and a back light unit, a printed circuit board attached to the liquid crystal panel to provide driving signals to the liquid crystal panel, a separation part between the printed circuit board and the main support creating a gap therebetween, and a holder holding the printed circuit board and the main support together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Won Yong Park
  • Publication number: 20100302494
    Abstract: Liquid crystal display device for saving a cost and minimizing spatial and mechanical limitations. The liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display panel for displaying a picture, a plurality of data drive integrated circuits connected between one side of the liquid crystal display panel and a source printed circuit board, and a flexible flat cable connecting user connector formed at one side of the source printed circuit board for receiving a data signal and various control signals from a system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2009
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Inventors: Ju-Young Lee, Jong-Tae Kim, Woo-Kyu Sang
  • Publication number: 20100302493
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display is disclosed. The liquid crystal display includes a liquid crystal module including a liquid crystal display panel and a backlight unit underlying the liquid crystal display panel and a printed circuit board (PCB) connected to the liquid crystal display panel through one of a tape carrier package (TCP), on which integrated circuits (ICs) are mounted, and a flexible circuit board. An edge of the liquid crystal module has an inclined surface inclined at an angle smaller than 90° from one of a top surface and a bottom surface of the liquid crystal module. The PCB is faced to the inclined surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2009
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Inventors: Yunsung YANG, Juyoung LEE, Wookyu SANG
  • Patent number: 7843545
    Abstract: An LCD and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The LCD includes first and second substrates defined by a display region and a non-display region, and spaced a predetermined interval apart from each other. The LCD further comprises a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first and second substrates, a conductive part formed on at least one side of the first substrate corresponding to the non-display region. The conductive part has a first dummy pattern formed of metal identical to that of a gate line in the display region. The LCD then comprises a common electrode formed on the second substrate, and a conductive thread pattern that electrically connects the common electrode and the conductive part, and attaches the first and second substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2010
    Assignee: LG. Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung Su Jung, Young Chan Lee, Young II Kim, Jong Sub Park
  • Patent number: 7843526
    Abstract: A display module of an LCD device having a rear case shaped as a four-cornered container having sidewalls on each of its four edges; a backlight assembly formed by depositing and fixing a reflector plate, a light guide plate, and a series of sheets onto a mold frame where a lamp assembly receiving portion, a gate PCB receiving portion, and a source PCB receiving portion are integrally formed; an LCD panel module having an upper panel, a lower panel coupled to the upper panel with a liquid crystal inserted therebetween, a gate PCB electrically connected to an end portion of the lower panel, and a source PCB electrically connected to another end portion of the lower panel and has a conductive pattern for an electric signal to be applied to an inverter; a main chassis which defines an active screen area of the LCD panel module and couples the mold frame and the LCD panel module to the rear case; and a front case coupled to the main chassis and covering a whole surface of the LCD panel module excluding the active
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2010
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang-Duk Lee, Min-Ho Ok
  • Patent number: 7833910
    Abstract: In a film substrate (FB) including a film base material (1) and conductor wiring (23) that is formed on the film base material (1), the conductor wiring (23) is arranged such that the conductor wiring thickness of an external connection portion on the film substrate to which another panel or substrate is connected is thicker than the conductor wiring thickness of conductor wiring portions (bent portions) (25) at other positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Imamura
  • Patent number: 7830489
    Abstract: A flexible circuit board includes a base substrate, a driving chip, an input transmission line, an output transmission line and a connecting transmission line. The driving chip is on a surface of the base substrate. The input transmission line is on the surface of the base substrate and electrically connected to an input terminal of the driving chip. The output transmission line is on the surface of the base substrate and electrically connected to an output terminal of the driving chip. The input transmission line is electrically connected to the output transmission line through the connecting transmission line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ock-Jin Kim
  • Patent number: 7826024
    Abstract: Disclosed is an LCD module and a liquid crystal imaging means using the same. The LCD module includes an LCD panel, a circuit board on which the LCD panel is mounted, and a plurality of pogo pins electrically connected to the circuit board. The liquid crystal imaging means include an LCD module having a circuit board, an LCD panel seated on the circuit board, and a plurality of pogo pins electrically connected to the circuit board; and a main board having a plurality of contact members corresponding to the pogo pins so that the pogo pins are connected to respective contact members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Young-Min Lee
  • Patent number: 7812913
    Abstract: The invention provides a display device which can suppress a bending repulsive force of a flexible printed circuit board having a folded portion thus reducing a manufacturing cost thereof. In a display device which includes a display panel, and a flexible printed circuit board which has one end thereof connected to a terminal portion of the display panel, the flexible printed circuit board includes a base member, a line layer which is formed on the base member using a metal layer, a surface protective cover which covers the line layer, and a folded portion, the line layer includes a signal line which supplies control signals or display data to the display panel and a dummy line, the signal line is covered with the surface protective cover at the folded portion, and the folded portion includes at least one exposed portion in which the dummy line is exposed from the surface protective cover ranging from a folding start point to a folding finish point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: Hitachi Displays, Ltd.
    Inventor: Eiji Oohira
  • Patent number: 7812912
    Abstract: A display panel including a substrate and many driving chips is provided. The substrate has many pad regions located in a non-display region of the substrate. Each pad region has many first pins with the same length disposed therein, and a pin pitch between two adjacent first pins, a width of each of the first pins, or both the pin pitch and the width vary with the positions where the first pins are disposed in the corresponding pad region. The driving chips are disposed in the non-display region of the substrate. Each driving chip has many second pins, and each second pin is electrically connected to each first pin correspondingly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: Chungwa Picture Tubes, Ltd.
    Inventor: Yung-Chien Chen
  • Patent number: 7808576
    Abstract: The present invention provides a backlight of a liquid crystal display device having an inclination surface on a light guide plate and preventing a breakage of a liquid crystal panel, wherein light which leaks from the inclination surface is made to return to the light guide plate and the adhesiveness of the light guide plate and a flexible printed circuit board is increased. In a liquid crystal display device having a backlight which radiates light to a liquid crystal panel, LEDs are formed on a light guide plate formed on the backlight as light emitting elements. Between the plurality of light emitting elements, a projecting portion of the light guide plate is formed, and a reflection member is formed on an adhesive sheet which adheres a projection member and a flexible printed circuit board to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignees: Hitachi Displays, Ltd., Hitachi Display Devices, Ltd
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Takahashi, Hiroshi Nakamoto, Hidehiro Hanada
  • Patent number: 7808597
    Abstract: Provided is a display module. The display module includes a panel, a printed circuit board (PCB), a flexible printed circuit board (FPCB), and a support member. The panel displays images. The PCB supplies driving signals to the panel. The FPCB electrically connects the PCB to the panel. The support member is formed on the FPCB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Myong Rock Oh
  • Patent number: 7808573
    Abstract: An LCOS panel module including a substrate, a flexible printed circuit (FPC), an LCOS panel, and a face mask is provided. The substrate has an adhesive region on a surface thereof. The FPC is disposed on the substrate and has an opening for exposing the adhesive region. The LCOS panel has a bottom surface and a top surface. The bottom surface of the LCOS panel is fixed on the adhesive region of the substrate exposed from the opening through an adhesive layer and is electrically connected to the FPC. The face mask used for framing the display region of the LCOS panel and sheltering from stray light is disposed on the LCOS panel and has a display opening. A display region of the top surface of the LCOS panel is exposed from the display opening of the face mask.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: Himax Display, Inc.
    Inventors: Yen-Chen Chen, Bing-Jei Liao, Chia-Chang Tien, Wen-Liang Wu
  • Patent number: 7808599
    Abstract: In a display module, a flexible wiring substrate is connected to a terminal portion of a flat display panel, and a reinforcing member is attached to at least one surface of the display panel. The reinforcing member is made wider than the flexible substrate and is arranged so as to cover those regions extending from an overlapping region of two substrates of the display panel to a region extending and reaching the flexible substrate located outside of the terminal portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Futoshi Nakanishi
  • Patent number: 7804573
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device comprises a liquid crystal display panel and a semiconductor integrated circuit for driving and controlling the liquid crystal display panel. The number of input/output wires connected to I/O terminals (bonding pads) of the semiconductor integrated circuit is reduced so as to simplify wiring patterns of the I/O wires, whereby degrees of freedom in arranging the I/O wiring patterns are enhanced. The panel has a pair of insulating substrate, and the semiconductor integrated circuit is mounted on one of the paired substrates. The semiconductor integrated circuit has a mode terminal which is fixed to a power supply potential or to a reference potential during operation of the integrated circuit, and power supply dummy terminals connected to the power supply potential or reference potential inside the semiconductor integrated circuit. The wiring patterns formed on the paired insulating substrates connect the mode terminal to the power supply dummy terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Assignee: Renesas Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Kazuhisa Higuchi, Yoshikazu Yokota, Kimihiko Sugiyama
  • Patent number: 7796214
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a liquid crystal panel and a backlight module parallel to the liquid crystal panel. The backlight module includes a light guide plate, a light source and a flexible printed circuit. The light guide plate includes a light incident surface. The light source is provided adjacent to the light incident surface of the light guide plate. The flexible printed circuit includes a light source driving end. The light source driving end is electrically connected with the light source. The light source driving end is bent and is sandwiched between the liquid crystal panel and the light guide plate. The light source driving end abuts the light guide plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: Chimei Innolux Corporation
    Inventors: Cheng-Feng Tsai, Cheng-Fan Chang
  • Patent number: 7791701
    Abstract: A circuit film comprises a first circuit formed on a film substrate for outputting a driving signal to a display device, and a plurality of input lines formed on the film substrate. The display device includes a display panel which has first and second signal lines, a second-circuit film which has a second circuit for outputting a driving signal to the second signal line, and a control board for controlling the first and second circuits. The plurality of input lines include a first input line for inputting a control signal to the first circuit and a second input line for inputting a control signal to the second circuit. The film substrate is connected to the control board and the display panel such that a driving signal is input from the control board to the first and second circuits through the first and second input lines, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Minoru Taguchi
  • Patent number: 7791703
    Abstract: An interconnect substrate for use in a liquid crystal module is nearly rectangular in shape as seen in a plan view. Connector portions having a connector pattern that provides electrical connection between the interconnect substrate and the controller substrate are provided one for each end of the interconnect substrate in a longer-side direction thereof. A plurality of connection portions that provide connection between the interconnect substrate and the driver substrate are formed along one side of the interconnect substrate running in the longer-side direction thereof so as to be symmetrical with respect to a normal S that divides the one side into two equal parts. The conductor traces interconnecting the driver substrate and the controller substrate are formed so as to be symmetrical with respect to the normal S.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yuki Ishizuka
  • Patent number: 7791704
    Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid crystal display panel which exhibits excellent durability by protecting portions of a substrate which are liable to be most easily cracked or chipped. In a liquid crystal display panel arranging a sealing material between a TFT substrate and a CF substrate, and holding a liquid crystal layer between the TFT substrate and the CF substrate, the CF substrate has one-side surface thereof formed in a recessed shape as viewed from above, a flexible printed circuit board is connected to a region of the TFT substrate where the CF substrate and the TFT substrate do not overlap with each other, and a sealing material is formed along a shape of the CF substrate. Portions where the TFT substrate and the CF substrate overlap with each other and correspond to both sides of the portion where the flexible printed circuit board is arranged can be formed such that the sealing material is filled in the portions with no gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignees: IPS Alpha Technology, Ltd., Hitachi Displays, Ltd.
    Inventor: Hideaki Abe
  • Patent number: 7787072
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display module, a circuit board, and a shield case. The circuit board is mounted on the liquid crystal display module and has a socket for receiving a power supply plug. The shield case includes an offset portion on a rear part to contain the circuit board. An opening formed with holding members for securing the socket is provided at the offset portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignees: Innocom Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., Chimei Innolux Corporation
    Inventors: Rui-Ye Shen, Su-Sheng Mong, Te-Hsu Wang
  • Publication number: 20100214519
    Abstract: A tape carrier package (TCP) includes a base film, an integrated circuit (IC) chip and an output pad group. The IC chip is formed on the base film. The output pad group is formed on a first end of the base film. The output pad group includes a plurality of output blocks having a plurality of output pads, wherein the plurality of output pads in an output block have substantially the same width as each other. The widths of the output pads from one output block to another output block are different from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2009
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Inventor: In-Yong Hwang
  • Patent number: 7782433
    Abstract: A method of forming an oxide film on a surface of a copper alloy, including the steps of providing a copper alloy including copper and an element selected from the group consisting of Mn, Zn, Ga, Li, Ge, Sr, Ag, Ba, Pr and Nd, and diffusing atoms of the element to a surface of the copper alloy so as to form an oxide film on the surface of the copper alloy, wherein a concentration of the element in the copper alloy is more than 0.1 and not more than 20 atomic percentage and within a solubility limit of the element in the copper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Assignees: Tohoku University, Advanced Interconnect Materials LLC
    Inventor: Junichi Koike
  • Patent number: 7777856
    Abstract: An electrical display includes a flexible LCD screen capable of folding without creasing about a central spine region and having column and row electrodes. Circuit boards are coupled to the row and column electrodes. Tape automated bonding (TAB) strips are connected to the circuit boards. Electrical conductors are interposed between the TAB strips and the electrodes so that the TAB strips and electrical conductors serve to couple the circuit boards and the electrodes. The electrical conductors are dimensioned to accommodate folding of the screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd
    Inventor: Kia Silverbrook
  • Patent number: 7777854
    Abstract: An LCD device of the present invention includes a liquid crystal panel and a gate driving signal wire. The panel includes a gate wire having a plurality of gate lines, and the gate driving signal wire is connected to the gate lines by connecting lines. Therefore, spatial rooms for a panel assembly increase because additional test wire and test pad for VI test can be eliminated. Furthermore, accuracy of the VI tests is enhanced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sung-Jae Moon
  • Patent number: 7777857
    Abstract: A substrate of a display device for packaging a driving integrated circuit (IC) including an input lead and an output lead includes an input pad group corresponding to the input lead on the substrate along a first direction, an output pad group corresponding to the output lead on the substrate along a second direction transverse to the first direction, an extra input pad group adjacent to the input pad group along the first direction, and an extra output pad group adjacent to the output pad group along the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chang-Sob So
  • Patent number: 7773187
    Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device which can enhance the accuracy in feeding back a common potential applied to common voltage supply lines. A display panel includes a common bus line electrically connected to common electrodes and formed annularly on a periphery of the display region, a common sensing line for feeding back a voltage of the common bus line to a control printed circuit board, a scanning-signal-drive-circuit-use power source line for supplying electricity for driving a scanning signal drive circuit, and a common-voltage-supply-use line for supplying a common voltage to the common bus line. The common-voltage-supply-use line, the common sensing line and the scanning-signal-drive-circuit-use power source line are formed along one side of the display panel to which at least the scanning signal drive circuit is connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignees: Hitachi Displays, Ltd., IPS Alpha Technology, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuuichi Takenaka, Ryutaro Oke, Masafumi Hirata
  • Patent number: 7764348
    Abstract: An array substrate for a liquid crystal panel includes a plurality of pixel electrodes corresponding to a plurality of pixels, and a common electrode provided common to the plurality of pixel electrodes. An alignment of liquid crystal is controlled by each electric field between each of the plurality of the pixel electrodes and the common electrode. The array substrate further includes a pixel selecting circuit, a line group for pixel selecting circuit, a potential applying circuit, a line group for potential applying circuit, and a common electrode line. The pixel selecting circuit sequentially selects pixels among the plurality of pixels. The line group for pixel selecting circuit is connected to input terminals of the pixel selecting circuit. The potential applying circuit applies a potential to the pixel electrode of a selected pixel. The line group for potential applying circuit is connected to input terminals of the potential applying circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2010
    Assignee: Epson Imaging Devices Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Matsuda, Yasushi Miyajima
  • Patent number: 7764351
    Abstract: A method for improving a misalignment of a printed circuit board and a liquid crystal display device with the printed circuit board are disclosed. A printed circuit board having a substrate and PCB lands formed at a portion of the substrate in the horizontal direction is provided and a tape carrier package having TCP leads corresponding to the PCB lands is also provided. The intervals among the PCB lands are amended by the thermal expansion amount of the substrate. After the printed circuit board and the tape carrier package are aligned, the printed circuit board and the tape carrier package are connected to each other by the thermo-compression bonding process. The misalignment due to the thermo-compression bonding process can be improved, decreasing the processing failures and increasing the productivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2010
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hoi-Sik Moon
  • Patent number: 7763957
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an active matrix type display device, which is reliable and flexible, is provided. An active matrix type display device according to an aspect of the present invention includes: a first substrate, which is flexible; a thin glass layer provided on the first substrate via an adhesion layer, and having projections and depressions on a surface thereof opposing to the first substrate, the projections and depressions having rounded tips and bottoms; active elements provided on the thin glass layer, each active element corresponding to a pixel; a display provided above the thin glass layer, and driven by the active elements to display an image pixel by pixel; and a second substrate provided on the display, and having an opposing electrode formed thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2010
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Hioki, Masahiko Akiyama, Mitsuo Nakajima, Yujiro Hara, Yutaka Onozuka
  • Publication number: 20100182559
    Abstract: An LCD includes a first substrate, a heating layer formed on the first substrate, an insulating layer having a first opening formed on the heating layer, at least one switching device, two contact pads formed on the insulating layer, and respectively electrically connected to the scan line and the data line, a capacitor, a bridge electrode formed in the first opening, a passivation layer covering the switching device and the capacitor, a pixel electrode formed on the passivation layer and electrically connected to the drain of the switching device, a second substrate having a common electrode disposed on the first substrate, and a liquid crystal layer. The source of the switching device is connected to the data line. The passivation layer has a plurality of second openings respectively exposing the contact pads and the bridge electrode, wherein the bridge electrode is electrically disconnected from the contact pads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2010
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Inventors: Mao-Yi Chang, Chia-Tien Peng, Chih-Wei Chao, Chien-Sen Weng, Chao-Shun Liao
  • Patent number: 7760285
    Abstract: A backlight unit and a liquid crystal display device having the same are disclosed. The backlight unit includes a light source, a light guide plate guiding light emitted from the light source, an optical sheet arranged on the light guide plate, a mold frame receiving the light guide plate and the optical sheet, a printed circuit board (“PCB”) outlet in the mold frame, a printed circuit board (“PCB”) received in the PCB outlet, and a PCB adhesive sheet for adhering the PCB to the mold frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang Jun Park, Ik Soo Lee
  • Patent number: 7760314
    Abstract: The present invention provides a display device which has a narrow screen border, and excellent display equality. The display device according to the present invention comprises a display panel comprising a glass substrate and a source driver IC which is provided along the edge of the glass substrate. The FPC is connected between the source driver ICs. At the substrate end side of the source driver IC, a bump for GND, a bump for analog power supply, a bump for digital power supply, a bump for reference voltage at the positive polarity side, and a bump for reference voltage at the negative polarity side are formed sequentially from the outer side along the flow of current. These bumps for input and the FPC are connected with the lines for input on the glass substrate. The logic signal lines and are formed along the short side of the source driver IC and along the long side at the display area side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hirofumi Iwanaga, Shigeaki Noumi, Hitoshi Morishita, Hiroshi Ueda
  • Patent number: 7760287
    Abstract: In the invention, a liquid crystal display device having a configuration for preventing breakage of a liquid crystal display panel when outer dimensions and thickness of a liquid crystal display device for cellular phones are reduced is disclosed. In the configuration of the invention, a liquid crystal display panel including a TFT substrate and a color filter substrate is mounted within a mold. In the part where a liquid crystal is sealed, the TFT substrate and the color filter substrate are laminated. However, a part of the TFT substrate only is mechanically weak against an external force from the backside of the mold. By forming holes in corners of the mold corresponding to the location of the TFT substrate only, deformation of the mold due to the external force from the backside of the mold does not affect the TFT substrate. Thereby, breakage of the TFT substrate can be prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: Hitachi Displays, Ltd.
    Inventor: Eiji Oohira
  • Patent number: 7760284
    Abstract: A liquid crystal device includes a liquid crystal panel; light sources; a light guide plate, opposed to the light sources, for guiding light emitted from the light sources to the liquid crystal panel; a flexible printed circuit board electrically connected to the liquid crystal panel; and a housing accommodating the liquid crystal panel and the light guide plate. The flexible printed circuit board is fixed to the rear face of the light guide plate in such a state that the flexible printed circuit board is curved. The liquid crystal panel is fixed to the housing with a light-shielding double-faced tape placed outside a display region including a sub-region containing the light sources. The light sources are spaced from the light-shielding double-faced tape with an adhesion-preventing member disposed therebetween or adhesion-preventing treatment is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: Epson Imaging Devices Corporation
    Inventor: Tetsuji Murase
  • Patent number: 7755738
    Abstract: An LCD device has an LCD panel having a peripheral region, a heating layer disposed on the LCD panel, and two first flexible printed circuits (FPCs) electrically connected to the heating layer, and adapted to transmit voltage to the heating layer so that the heating layer can generate heat. At least one of the FPCs has a wide portion and a narrow portion being fixed in the peripheral region of the LCD panel and being connected to the heating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: AU Optronics Corp.
    Inventors: Mao-Yi Chang, Chia-Tien Peng, Chih-Wei Chao, Chien-Sen Weng, Chao-Shun Liao
  • Patent number: 7755588
    Abstract: A method is applicable to an LCD for transmitting control signals and pixel data signals to source drivers. First, control signals are transmitted to each of source drivers in parallel during a control period. Pixel data signals for driving a horizontal pixel line are transmitted to each of the source drivers in parallel during plural pixel data periods. The control signals and the pixel data signals are transmitted through a same set of channels connected to each of the source drivers according to a pixel clock signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: Himax Technologies Limited
    Inventor: Yu Jui Chang
  • Patent number: 7748862
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display apparatus includes a light guide plate, a bottom chassis, a liquid crystal display panel disposed on the light guide plate to display an image, a flexible printed circuit board connected to the liquid crystal display panel and outwardly bent toward a rear surface of the bottom chassis to be fixed to the rear surface, and at least one point light source disposed at an adjacent position to an incident surface of the light guide plate. The light guide plate includes an inclined portion from a lower side of the light guide plate toward an upper side of the light guide plate. Advantageously, the liquid crystal display apparatus may prevent the occurrence of the step-difference between the point light source and the light guide plate, thereby improving light efficiency and brightness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hwan-Jin Kim
  • Patent number: 7751016
    Abstract: The present invention can perform, at the time of mounting flexible printed circuit boards on a display substrate, the accurate alignment without wrong mounting. A first alignment mark and a second alignment mark for performing the alignment of a flexible printed circuit board with a display substrate are attached to left and right sides of a group of lines which are formed on the flexible printed circuit board. Further, when at least one of the first alignment mark and the second alignment mark is equally divided into four areas, a shape of the alignment mark in at least one area is a shape obtained by folding back the shape of the alignment mark in other areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: Hitachi Displays, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideaki Abe, Shinji Tanabe, Kouichi Inoue, Yasuaki Kondo
  • Patent number: 7751015
    Abstract: A panel module for an LCD device has an LCD panel including a TFT panel and a counter panel, signal line and scanning line drive boards for connecting to external circuits, and TCPs connecting together the TFT panel and the drive boards. The signal line driver TCP has a plurality of slits in the film substrate thereof and bent at the slits, allow the signal line drive board to be located on the rear side of the backlight unit of the LCD device. The panel module is suited any of stacked, L-shaped or U-shaped board structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: NEC LCD Technologies, Ltd.
    Inventor: Masahiro Murakami
  • Patent number: 7746439
    Abstract: The present invention provides a mounting film for a liquid crystal display drive chip and a method for manufacturing the same. The mounting film is provided with a slit cut from a side edge thereof, or provided with a weakened line for forming the slit. When a distance between a liquid crystal display panel and a control circuit substrate of the liquid crystal display unit is un-uniform, the opening degree of the slit is variable accordingly to accommodate variations in the distance. Such a COF mounting film for a liquid crystal display drive chip may be generally used even though a distance between the liquid crystal display panel and the control circuit substrate varies slightly. Therefore, the manufacturing cost of the liquid crystal display unit may be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: InfoVision Optoelectronics Holdings Limited
    Inventor: Akifumi Kohno
  • Patent number: 7744996
    Abstract: An adhesive structure for use in a liquid crystal display (LCD) and a method for manufacturing the adhesive structure are provided. The adhesive structure includes a releasing paper which is provided with two anisotropic conductive films (ACFs) thereon. When the adhesive structure is attached onto the LCD, the two ACFs can be simultaneously attached onto the glass substrate of the LCD for connecting the integrated circuit and flexible printed circuit, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: AU Optronics Corp.
    Inventor: Chih-Chia Chen
  • Patent number: 7742142
    Abstract: A display including a display panel, a circuit board and a tape carrier package structure is provided. The circuit board is disposed at the display panel. The tape carrier package structure includes a substrate having an opening, a plurality of leads, a chip, and a blocking bar. The substrate is between the display panel and the circuit board. A plurality of leads, each having an inner lead and outer lead, are disposed around the opening on the substrate. A portion of the outer leads is electrically connected to the display panel, and another portion is electrically connected to the circuit board. The chip has a plurality of contact points, and is disposed at the opening of the substrate. The contact points are electrically connected to the inner leads. Moreover, the blocking bar is disposed on the substrate between the chip and the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Chunghwa Picture Tubes, Ltd.
    Inventor: Po-Lung Chen
  • Publication number: 20100134743
    Abstract: A display substrate includes a base substrate, a gate line portion, a data line portion, and a pixel portion. The base substrate includes a display area divided into first to fourth divided display areas, and first to fourth peripheral areas. The gate line portion includes a plurality of first gate lines, and a plurality of second gate lines. The data line portion includes a plurality of first data lines, and a plurality of second data lines. The pixel portion is disposed in the display area to be electrically connected to the first and second gate lines and the first and second data lines, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2009
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Applicant: Samsung Electonics Co, LTD.
    Inventors: Kyoung-Ju SHIN, Chong-Chul CHAI
  • Publication number: 20100134712
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display panel includes a lower substrate, a printed circuit board, at least one connection unit and a plurality of readout lines. The connection unit is adapted to connect the printed circuit board to a periphery region of the lower substrate, and has a driver. The readout lines are extended from the lower substrate to the printed circuit board through the connection unit having the driver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2009
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Applicant: HANNSTAR DISPLAY CORP.
    Inventors: Pao Yun TANG, Kei Hsiung YANG, Po Yang CHEN
  • Patent number: RE41378
    Abstract: In spite of an increase in the size of a liquid crystal display panel, it is possible to prevent the defective connection of a flexible wiring board to a transparent substrate of the liquid crystal display panel. A liquid crystal display device includes a pair of transparent substrates arranged to oppose each other across a liquid crystal, for which they are utilized to form a chamber, a plurality of pixels formed along a spreading direction of the liquid crystal, driving circuits for supplying video signals to the pixels, and a flexible wiring board for supplying signals to the input sides of the driving circuits from a substrate on which a control circuit is mounted, the flexible wiring board being divided into a plurality of portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Mishima, Shunsuke Morishita
  • Patent number: RE41732
    Abstract: Herein disclosed are a liquid crystal display device and a data processing device, which can have their frame portions reduced in area to reduce the size and weight by extracting the terminals of video signals to only one side of a liquid crystal display panel and by arranging a video signal line driving circuit substrate to be connected with the terminals, only at one side of the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Hitachi Displays, Ltd.
    Inventors: Koaru Hasegawa, Yoshio Toriyama, Naoto Kobayashi, Katsuhiko Yarita, Hironori Kondo, Masahiko Suzuki, Yoshihiro Imajo