Featuring Flexible Circuit (i.e., Tape Automated Bonding (tab), Etc.) Patents (Class 349/150)
  • Patent number: 8351009
    Abstract: A display panel is connected to a wiring-mounted board on which a signal supply wiring that supplies wiring supplies signals for driving the display panel is mounted. The wiring-mounted board has (i) first and second wires extending toward the display panel, and (ii) first and second terminals that are connected to the first and second wires, respectively. The display panel has a first short-circuit wire that is connected to the first and second wires at a connecting part of the display panel and the wiring-mounted board, so as to short-circuit the first and second wires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Wakita, Seiji Muraoka, Hidetaka Mizumaki
  • Patent number: 8351010
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a liquid crystal module having a liquid crystal display panel, and a backlight unit disposed on a back surface of the liquid crystal display panel. The liquid crystal display panel has a flexible printed wiring circuit substrate for a liquid crystal display panel. The backlight unit has a light guiding plate, a light emitting diode for emitting a light, a flexible printed wiring circuit substrate for a light emitting diode, and a case in which the light guiding plate and the flexible printed wiring circuit substrate for a light emitting diode are accommodated. The flexible printed wiring circuit substrate for a liquid crystal display panel extends along a side surface of the case. The flexible printed wiring circuit substrate for a light emitting diode has a derivation portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Koyama, Hideo Takahashi
  • Patent number: 8351002
    Abstract: A printed circuit board for mounting electronic parts thereon includes a ground portion formed on the printed circuit board and connected to an outer ground. A plurality of conductive ground layers are stacked so as to interpose an insulation layer therebetween. An upper conductive ground layer includes first and second conductive ground portions. The first and second ground portions are connected by a connecting element. Another conductive ground layer under the upper conductive ground layer is grounded via the first and second ground portions of the upper conductive ground layer via a through hole provided in the ground portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Japan Display Central Inc.
    Inventor: Ryujiro Takamatsu
  • Patent number: 8351208
    Abstract: An electro-optical device may include: an electro-optical panel, a holding member that includes a main body part arranged to surround the periphery of the electro-optical panel, and a holding part protruded from the main body part and holding the electro-optical panel, and a heat radiating member that is disposed opposing the electro-optical panel through an opening of the holding member from the opposite side of the light incident plane of the electro-optical panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hidekazu Hirabayashi, Yoshitaka Hama
  • Patent number: 8350985
    Abstract: An electro-optic apparatus includes: an electro-optic panel; and a holding member configured to hold at least the electro-optic panel, in which the holding member includes a shoulder configured to support at least part of a peripheral edge of the electro-optic panel, and the shoulder does not support the electro-optic panel in at least an area of a part of a corner and a proximity thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Kazuya Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 8345211
    Abstract: A display panel includes a plurality of display lines provided in each of blocks and extending in parallel with each other, a plurality of drive circuits provided outside a display region and connected to the display lines in the respective blocks, a plurality of first lines provided outside the display region and intersecting end portions closer to the drive circuits of the display lines in the respective blocks, the first lines being insulated from the display lines, and a second line provided outside the display region and intersecting end portions farther from the drive circuits of the display lines of all the blocks, the second line being insulated from the display lines. The second line is configured to intersect the first lines while being insulated from the first lines, and be supplied with a display signal from each of the drive circuits via an amplifier circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tadatoshi Ozeki, Takaharu Yamada, Masahiro Yoshida, Kazuyori Mitsumoto
  • Patent number: 8339561
    Abstract: A wiring substrate includes a base film, a plurality of first wirings and a plurality of second wirings. The base film has a chip-mounting region configured for mounting a semiconductor chip thereon. The first wirings extend in a first direction from inside the chip-mounting region to outside the chip-mounting region, and include first connection end portions extending in a second direction different from the first direction. The first connection end portions may be formed inside the chip-mounting region and configured to electrically connect to the semiconductor chip. The second wirings extend in the first direction from inside the chip-mounting region to outside the chip-mounting region, and include second connection end portions extending in the opposite direction to the second direction in which the first connection end portions extend, and the second connection end portions may be formed inside the chip-mounting region and configured to electrically connect to the semiconductor chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: SAMSUNG Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ji-Hwan Hwang, Dong-Han Kim, Chul-Woo Kim, Chung-Ye Chung, Kwang-Jin Bae
  • Patent number: 8334961
    Abstract: Electrooptical displays require conductors on both sides of the liquid crystal thin film. The two conductors face opposite sides of the display. The cost of electrically connecting to these displays can be decreased by having the conductors of the display all face the same side of the display. This invention includes a technique to allow both conductors to face the same side of the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Kent Displays Incorporated
    Inventors: Erica N. Montbach, Mark Lightfoot, Todd C. Ernst
  • Patent number: 8319109
    Abstract: An electro-optical device includes an electro-optical panel, a first wiring board and a second wiring board. The first wiring board having a one-side first connection terminal electrically connected to the panel-side connection terminal at one end of a first wiring forming surface and having an other-side first connection terminal at the other end of the first wiring forming surface. The second wiring board having one-side second connection terminal electrically connected to the other-side first connection terminal at one end of a second wiring forming surface and having the other-side second connection terminal at the other end of the second wiring forming surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Kenya Ishii
  • Patent number: 8319718
    Abstract: Disclosed is a gate printed circuit board, a connector-free liquid crystal display (LCD) panel assembly, a driving-signal timing module included in the liquid crystal display (LCD) panel assembly, and a method of driving the liquid crystal display (LCD) panel assembly. According to the present invention, since a separate connector and a gate printed circuit board of a conventional LCD panel is not required for applying a gate-driving signal generated from an external information processing device, a thickness and the number of parts of the LCD device is reduced. Further, when the gate-driving signal is transmitted through the TFT substrate, the voltage Voff for maintaining a thin-film transistor (TFT) in a turned-off state is modified so that users may not recognize the imbalance in brightness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sin-Gu Kang
  • Patent number: 8314787
    Abstract: Driver IC 1 including a built-in charge pump power supply is mounted on display panel 5. Among wirings connected to driver IC 1, the width of FPC mounting pad 4 of connection wiring 3 leading to a driver built-in power supply is widened as compared with pads 4 of other wirings 2. In addition, a portion of terminal intervals of a terminal array of FPC mounting pad 4 is widened as compared with other terminal intervals so that a wiring path from pad 4 to driver IC 1 is reduced. Similar terminal widths and terminal intervals are adopted for terminal 6 on the side of flexible substrate 7 electrically connected to FPC mounting pad 4 by pressure bonding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: NLT Technologies, Ltd.
    Inventor: Yukihiro Ito
  • Patent number: 8305541
    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: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: In-Yong Hwang
  • Patent number: 8300199
    Abstract: A flexible printed circuit board includes a base film made of an insulating material, a power application wiring disposed on a first surface of the base film, a bypass wiring disposed on a second surface, opposite the first surface, of the base film, a first connection wiring which electrically connects the power application wiring to the bypass wiring, a second connection wiring spaced apart from the first connection wiring and which electrically connects the power application wiring to the bypass wiring, and a first cover film disposed on the first surface of the base film to cover at least a first portion of the second connection wiring. At least a first portion of the first connection wiring is exposed through the first cover film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tae-Joon Kim
  • Patent number: 8300198
    Abstract: A liquid crystal panel includes a signal transmission section and a flexible printed circuit (FPC). The signal transmission section includes electrical conductive terminals. The FPC includes an insulating film and conductive lines disposed on a first surface of the insulating film. The conductive lines are electrically connected to the electrical conductive terminals. The insulating film substantially covers the electrical conductive terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Chimei Innolux Corporation
    Inventor: De-Ching Shie
  • Patent number: 8300196
    Abstract: A film-chip complex includes a film which includes a connection region along one side, a chip which is mounted on the film, a gate signal line which is disposed on the film, wherein the gate signal line includes a gate lead which is disposed in the connection region and a gate main line which connects the chip with the gate lead and a signal line which is disposed on the film, wherein the signal line includes a signal lead which is disposed in the connection region, a signal main line which extends substantially toward an exterior of the connection region and a signal pad which is connected with the signal main line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Gyu-su Lee
  • Patent number: 8300197
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display panel having a liquid crystal layer between a pair of substrates, a light unit arranged in overlapping with the liquid crystal display panel for illuminating the liquid crystal display panel, the light unit including a front case and a back case for housing a light member, and a flexible printed circuit board. The flexible printed circuit board has a folding back portion which is housed at the housing portion provided at the bottom of the case of the backlight unit to adjust its length. The printed circuit board is drawn out from the housing portion to outside and connected to the outer circuits. Accordingly, it is possible to provide a compact and slim type liquid crystal display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Toshiba Matsushita Display Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Taishi Inoue
  • Patent number: 8289492
    Abstract: An electro-optical device includes an electro-optical panel including a pair of first panel alignment marks having a first shape and a pair of second panel alignment marks having a second shape; a first circuit substrate provided with a first circuit substrate alignment mark which is represented by the first shape in plan view; and a second circuit substrate provided with a second circuit substrate alignment mark which is represented by the second shape in plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Munehide Saimen
  • Patent number: 8284370
    Abstract: A mobile communication device comprises: a liquid crystal (LC) panel; a drive integrated circuit connected to the LC panel; a keypad printed circuit board (PCB) having a keypad connected to the drive integrated circuit; a flexible printed circuit board (FPCB) for connecting the drive integrated circuit and the keypad PCB to each other; a backlight assembly having an outer case, for supplying light to the LC panel; and a fixing member for fixing the FPCB and one end of the outer case of the backlight assembly by adhering to each other. The mobile communication device prevents a part of light emitted from an optical source from being displayed on a screen with a high brightness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young-Hyoung Seo, Kook-Chan Ahn, Hye-Jeong Yoon, legal representative
  • Patent number: 8279390
    Abstract: In a display device forming a board for mounting a connector which allows inputting of video data thereon and a board for mounting a display control circuit to be connected to the connector thereon on a surface of a display module opposite to an observation side, the board for mounting the connector thereon and the board for mounting the display control circuit thereon are physically separated from each other and, further, an area of the board for mounting the display control circuit thereon is set smaller than an area of the board for mounting the connector thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignees: Hitachi Displays, Ltd., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Imajo, Kazuhiko Yanagawa
  • Patent number: 8274633
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a display device including: a first substrate with a pixel switch and drivers mounted thereon; a second substrate disposed in facing relation to the first substrate; a material layer held between the first substrate and the second substrate and having peripheral edges sealed by a seal member, the material layer having an electrooptical effect; and a semiconductor chip mounted as a COG component on the first substrate, the semiconductor chip having a control system configured to control the drivers; wherein the semiconductor chip having a thickness equal to the total thickness of the seal member and the second substrate or larger than the thickness of the seal member and smaller than the total thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Masumitsu Ino
  • Patent number: 8274634
    Abstract: A flexible printed circuit includes: a first wiring layer and a second wiring layer being in contact with one surface of a flexible substrate, a third wiring layer and a fourth wiring layer on the other surface of the flexible substrate, a first conductive member being formed on surfaces in proximity to a through hole of the second wiring layer and the fourth wiring layer; a second conductive member being formed on surfaces in proximity to the first end section of the first wiring layer and the third wiring layer; and an insulating layer being formed in a space between the first wiring layer and the second conductive member, and the second wiring layer and the first conductive member and a space between the third wiring layer and the second conductive member, and the fourth wiring layer and the first conductive member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Harutoshi Oikawa, Kiyohiro Kimura
  • Patent number: 8269940
    Abstract: A sensing structure is provided. The sensing structure includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a sensing unit, and a flexible printed circuit (FPC). The sensing unit is disposed on the first substrate and adapted to generate a signal when the sensing unit is touched. The FPC has a first end and a second end. The first end includes a first connecting portion and a second connecting portion. The first connecting portion is disposed on the first substrate and electrically connected to the sensing unit, and the second connecting portion connects to the second substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: AU Optronics Corp.
    Inventors: Han Ping Kuo, Cheng Yi Su
  • Patent number: 8264635
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display is provided to improve workability for fastening and reduce production costs. The liquid crystal display includes: a liquid crystal panel; a film member having a source IC for driving the liquid crystal panel mounted therein; a source PCB electrically connected to the liquid crystal panel through the film member; lamps for generating light; a panel guide having a guide space where the source PCB is positioned provided on an upper outer surface thereof; a bottom cover; and a top case having a first frame member surrounding both of the film member and the source PCB and fixing the liquid crystal panel at a portion of the upper side of the liquid crystal panel and a plurality of frame members physically separated from the first frame member and fixing the liquid crystal panel at a portion of the lower side of the liquid crystal panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyuheon Lee, Jongki Ahn, Woojin Kim, Daesung Park
  • Patent number: 8264655
    Abstract: The electro-optic device of the present invention includes an arrangement of an electro-optic panel and a lenticular lens sheet on one side of the electro-optic panel, wherein the lenticular lens sheet includes multiple cylindrical lenses arrayed parallel to one another and an alignment line extending in such a direction as to intersect with the cylindrical lenses at a predetermined angle. The lenticular lens sheet has cylindrical lenses arrayed so that the longitudinal direction of the cylindrical lenses intersects with the pixel array direction of the electro-optic panel at a predetermined angle, and has an alignment line formed in the lenticular lens sheet that is in alignment with the positioning reference portions of the electro-optic panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Shinohara, Goro Hamagishi
  • Patent number: 8264829
    Abstract: A portable computer system is provided having a base unit and a detachable display unit. The display unit can be oriented in landscape and portrait orientations, or can be replaced by display units having different physical characteristics. A support structure can be deployed to provide increased physical stability when desired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Inventor: George Moser
  • Patent number: 8264654
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a liquid crystal panel including short sides and long sides, a gate wire extending substantially parallel with the short sides of the liquid crystal panel, a data wire extending substantially parallel with the long sides of the liquid crystal panel and insulated from the gate wire with crossing the gate wire, a first printed circuit board disposed adjacent to a long side of the liquid crystal panel facing a same direction as the liquid crystal panel is and supplying an image signal to the liquid crystal panel, a circuit film electrically connecting the data wire and the first printed circuit board with each other to carry the image signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sang-Duk Lee
  • Patent number: 8259276
    Abstract: An active device array substrate includes a substrate, a pixel array, a peripheral circuit, and a number of marks. The substrate has an active area and a peripheral circuit area that is connected to the active area. The pixel array is disposed on the active area of the substrate. The peripheral circuit is disposed on the peripheral circuit area of the substrate. Besides, the peripheral circuit includes a number of driver bonding pads, a number of fan-out lines, and a number of connecting lines. The fan-out lines are electrically connected to the pixel array. Each of the connecting lines connects one of the driver bonding pads and one of the fan-out lines. Additionally, the connecting lines are arranged in different pitches. Each of the marks is disposed between two adjacent connecting lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Kuei-Sheng Tseng, Hsiang-Pin Fan, Ming-Chang Shih
  • Patent number: 8258513
    Abstract: A thin film transistor matrix device including an insulating substrate and a plurality of lines arranged on the substrate. The lines are defined as odd-number-th lines alternating with even-number-th lines. A first connection line extends in a direction transverse to the plurality of lines. The first connection line and the odd-number-th lines are configured and arranged to be electrically connected to each other. A second connection line extends in a direction transverse to the plurality of lines. The second connection line and the even-number-th lines are configured and arranged to be electrically connected to each other. The first connection line and the second connection line are both formed on the same side of an image display region, when considered in plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hidaki Takizawa, Shougo Hayashi, Takeshi Kinjo, Makoto Tachibanaki, Kenji Okamoto
  • Patent number: 8253914
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display (LCD) is provided that comprises a rearward LCD substrate sheet that has an array of vias formed, where the vias provide electrical conduction between both sides of the rearward LCD substrate sheet. The number of vias in the array is substantially equal to or at least equivalent to a combination of a number of column drive lines and a number of row drive lines. The respective drive lines are connected to a corresponding via, such as on one side of the rearward LCD substrate sheet, and respective patterned conductors are connected to a corresponding via, such as on the other side of the rearward LCD substrate sheet. The patterned conductors provide a connection between respective drive lines and one or more corresponding drivers. In one example, this allows a “full bleed” display to be generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: James T. Kajiya, John Turner Whitted
  • Patent number: 8253598
    Abstract: A light-emitting keyboard is disclosed, which comprises: a light guide plate, configured with a light entrance surface, a light emitting surface, a bottom surface and a side surface in a manner that the light emitting surface is arranged opposite to the bottom surface, and the light entrance surface and the side surface are arranged respectively next and connecting to the light emitting surfaced and the bottom surface while being sandwiched therebetween; a light source, disposed next to the light entrance surface of the light guide plate; a frame, disposed on the light emitting surface of the light guide plate; a first reflector, disposed on the bottom surface of the light guide plate; and a second reflector, disposed on the side surface of the light guide plate. With the aforesaid structure, light from the light source can be fully utilized so that the overall brightness of the light-emitting keyboard can be enhanced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Darfon Electronics Corp.
    Inventor: Shin-Cheng Ho
  • Patent number: 8250730
    Abstract: In the disassembling method of a display device of the present invention, the display device has a display panel, and metal plate unit having a panel member formed of a chassis member disposed on the back surface of the display panel and a circuit board as an electric circuit member attached to the chassis member through an attaching member. The disassembling method has a mounting step of mounting metal plate unit on stage whose tilt angle can be adjusted by mechanism section and a cutting step of cutting the attaching member in parallel with the surface of stage with saw blade that abuts on the attaching member by the own weight of metal plate unit based on the tilt angle of stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Tani, Hiroshi Iwamoto
  • Patent number: 8253876
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a liquid crystal display device having a liquid crystal display panel for displaying images, a lower receiving member for receiving the liquid crystal display panel, and a source PCB disposed on a side of the lower receiving member to supply a driving signal to the liquid crystal display panel. The liquid crystal display device includes a shield case arranged on rear surface of the lower receiving member. The shield case includes a body that protects a driving board, a fixing portion that fixes the source PCB to the lower receiving member, and a connection portion that connects the body to the fixing portion. The connection portion extends from an edge of the shield case. The liquid crystal display device includes an upper receiving member that combines with the lower receiving member to cover the liquid crystal display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Dae-Myung Lee
  • Patent number: 8248569
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, and a semiconductor chip having plural bump electrodes and mounted on a substrate constituting the display panel. The plural bump electrodes include a first bump electrode arranged in the vicinity of a center for a longitudinal direction of the semiconductor chip, and a second bump electrode arranged in the vicinity of an end portion in the longitudinal direction of the semiconductor chip. The semiconductor chip has one or more than one conductive layer inside. Assuming that a surface of the semiconductor chip having the bump electrodes formed thereon is a lower side, the number of the conductive layers formed on the second bump electrode is greater than the number of the conductive layers formed on the first bump electrode. The conductive layer formed on the first and the second bump electrode includes a dummy conductive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignees: Hitachi Displays, Ltd., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hironobu Isami, Tatsuo Makishima
  • Patent number: 8248562
    Abstract: Provided is a display panel having a high-performance antireflection layer at a low cost. In a liquid crystal display panel or an organic light-emitting diode display panel constituted by a first transparent substrate, a second transparent substrate and a liquid crystal layer between these two transparent substrates further includes an antireflection layer on a portion which is at least one display area and a visible side (outer surface) by a viewer, and layers made of the same material as the antireflection layer formed on at least the opposite side (inside surface) of the surface of the portion corresponding to the display area and on three edge faces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignees: Hitachi Displays, Ltd., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaya Adachi, Makiko Sugibayashi, Tetsuya Ohshima, Shinichi Komura
  • Patent number: 8233127
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to reduce a lateral width of an FPC also with evenly aligned and arranged plurality of ICs. The liquid crystal display device according to the present invention includes a glass substrate, a plurality of ICs of COG (Chip On Glass) configuration aligned on a glass substrate along a side thereof, and an FPC (Flexible Printed Circuit) that is arranged to extend along the side of the glass substrate and that is connected to the plurality of ICs. Specified ICs from among the plurality of ICs are arranged in that extending directions of their longer sides are inclined with respect to an extending direction of the side of the glass substrate such that the longer sides face towards a central side of the FPC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Tomohiro Tashiro
  • Patent number: 8233128
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display (LCD) module includes: a liquid crystal panel; a backlight unit that is below the liquid crystal panel and that includes a reflector, a light guide plate, at least one optical sheet and a light emitting diode (LED) assembly, wherein the LED assembly includes a plurality of LEDs and an LED printed circuit board (PCB), and wherein the LED PCB includes a first region on which the plurality of LEDs are mounted, and a second region is soldered with a flexible printed circuit (FPC) to supply power to the plurality of LEDs; a main supporter that is made of an insulating material, that surrounds the liquid crystal panel and the backlight unit, and that includes a placement portion, on which the liquid crystal panel is, and a hole into which a top portion of the second region is inserted; a bottom case that is made of metal and that is coupled with the main supporter, wherein a portion of the bottom case facing the soldered portion of the LED PCB is removed; and a top case that is made of meta
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ok-Hwan Kim
  • Patent number: 8228677
    Abstract: A second output wiring and a third output wiring enter into a chip mounting portion while coming across a second side and a third side of the chip mounting portion. The other end portions of the second output wiring and the third output wiring enter into the chip mounting portion are bent toward a fourth side of the chip mounting portion, and are connected to an output pad and an output pad provided along a fourth side of the semiconductor chip. An input wiring extends along the fourth side of the chip mounting portion, is bent from a midstream to enter into the chip mounting portion while coming across the fourth side of the chip mounting portion, and is connected to an input pad provided along the fourth side of the semiconductor chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Lapis Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Daisuke Kunimatsu, Takehiro Takayanagi
  • Publication number: 20120182515
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display (LCD) apparatus includes a liquid crystal panel, a printed circuit board (PCB) that generates a driving signal to drive the liquid crystal panel, and a backlight unit between the liquid crystal panel and the PCB. The backlight unit has a through hole formed therein. The LCD also includes a flexible printed circuit (FPC) electrically connected to a driving integrated circuit (IC) of the liquid crystal panel and electrically connected to the PCB in the through hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2011
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Inventor: Si-Baek PYO
  • Patent number: 8223307
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device with a display region and a non-display region surrounding the display region, the liquid crystal display device comprising: a first substrate; a second substrate which faces the first substrate; and a liquid crystal layer which is interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, the first substrate comprising: a first insulating substrate; gate and data lines which are formed on the first insulating substrate and intersecting each other; a pixel thin film transistor formed on the display region and electrically connected to the gate and data lines; a pixel electrode electrically connected to the pixel thin film transistor; a gate driver formed on the non-display region and connected to the gate line to drive the gate line; and a direct current (DC)/DC converter formed on the non-display region and comprises a converter thin film transistor and a capacitance part; the capacitance part includes: a first capacitance part which comprises a first electrode, a first
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyung-hoon Kim, Keun-woo Park, Kook-chul Moon, Pil-mo Choi, Chul-ho Kim, Ho-suk Maeng, Sang-hoon Lee
  • Patent number: 8223291
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display (LCD) which can prevent electronic elements from being short-circuited due to a detachment of a printed circuit board (PCB). The LCD includes a liquid crystal panel which displays an image, a first container which is disposed below the liquid crystal panel and includes one or more first protrusions that are formed on an outer surface of a sidewall of the first container, a printed circuit board (PCB) which is electrically connected to the liquid crystal panel via a plurality of connection elements, wherein the PCB is held to the sidewall of the first container, and includes one or more coupling holes that respectively correspond to and receive the first protrusions. The LCD includes a second container which covers the periphery of the liquid crystal panel, the first container and the PCB and the second container includes one or more second protrusions that are formed on a sidewall of the second container and respectively correspond to the first protrusions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jung-Ki Kim
  • Patent number: 8223278
    Abstract: A display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate, pads, a first flexible circuit board, and a second flexible circuit board. The first substrate includes a first insulating substrate, a first resistance layer formed on the first insulating substrate, and first and second signal lines formed on the first insulating substrate. The second substrate faces the first substrate and includes a second insulating substrate, a second resistance layer formed on the second insulating substrate, and third and fourth signal lines formed on the second insulating substrate. The pads comprise a first pad connected to the first signal line, a second pad connected to the second signal line, a third pad connected to the third signal line, and a fourth pad connected to the fourth signal line. The first flexible circuit board is connected to two of the pads and the second flexible circuit board is connected to the other two pads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seong-ho Kim, Dong-jin Jeong
  • Publication number: 20120176564
    Abstract: A mounting unit of a second flexible circuit board is arranged on a rear surface side of a liquid crystal display panel. A portion of a first flexible circuit board at which a connection terminal is formed is bonded to an end portion of a display surface side of the liquid crystal display panel, is pulled out from the end portion of the liquid crystal display panel, is bent and overlapped with the opposite surface to the surface where the light emission components of the mounting unit are mounted with a space, and an external terminal is arranged on the rear surface side. An extended portion is pulled out from the mounting unit, is bent so as to return to the direction of the mounting unit, and is overlapped with the first flexible circuit board on an outer surface of the first flexible circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2012
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Inventor: Kenichi HATAKEYAMA
  • Patent number: 8218104
    Abstract: The invention provides an electronic device including a liquid crystal display module and a control circuit. The liquid display module includes a backlight unit and a liquid display panel. The backlight unit has a front frame which includes a plastic frame and a conductive line. The conductive line extends from the rear surface to the rear surface to the front surface of the plastic frame so as to form a contact on the front surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Chimei Innolux Corporation
    Inventor: Meng-Ju Chuang
  • Patent number: 8210857
    Abstract: An electronic device includes least two electronic components linked electrically to one another using a flexible connector. The flexible connector includes multiple conducting blades, and is interposed between the two electrical components such that longitudinal edges of the flexible connector are held in contact against respective connection pads of each of the electronic components. The flexible connector is ultimately compressed, respectively, against both electronic components. The electronic device is equipped with two additional conducting blades for checking the state of compression of the flexible connector. The two additional conducting blades include an electrical circuit for determining the state of compression of the flexible connector by a resistive measurement and integrating at least one additional conducting blade of the flexible connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Valeo Systemes Thermiques
    Inventor: Tan Duc Huynh
  • Patent number: 8208087
    Abstract: A TFT array substrate comprising a substrate has a pixel region and a peripheral circuit region surrounding the pixel region, a TFT array, first lead lines, second lead lines, and first repair patterns is provided. The peripheral circuit region has an outer area and an inner area. The inner area is disposed between the pixel region and the outer area. The TFT array disposed in the pixel region includes a first conducting layer and a second conducting layer. The first lead lines and the second lead lines disposed in the peripheral circuit region are on the same layer of the first conducting layer and the second conducting layer respectively. The first repair patterns disposed in the inner area are sandwiched between the second lead lines and the substrate. At least a first pre-repair area is at a region where the second lead lines and the first repair patterns are overlapped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: Chunghwa Picture Tubes, Ltd.
    Inventors: Han-Tung Hsu, Hui-Chung Shen, Ssu-Tsung Wu, Wen-Sheng Liu, Ya-Jung Kung, Ching-Yun Ko
  • Patent number: 8199306
    Abstract: A printed circuit board (PCB) includes a base substrate, an electrical wiring, a dummy pad and a thermally conductive adhesion member. The base substrate includes a light-emitting diode (LED) mounted on a first surface of the base substrate. The electrical wiring is electrically connected to the LED. The dummy pad is formed on the first surface to be connected to the electrical wiring. The thermally conductive adhesion member is attached to a second surface of the base substrate. Therefore, superior heat radiation may be obtained, thereby reducing or preventing damage to the LED and the LCD device using the LED by radiating the heat from the LED used as a light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Gwan-Hyoung Lee, Young-Bee Chu, Sang-Hee Lee, Jeong-Seok Oh, Young-Soo Kim, Wal-Hee Kim
  • Patent number: 8199308
    Abstract: The chip on film structure for a liquid crystal display is disclosed. The chip on film structure includes a film substrate, a driver chip disposed on the film substrate, a plurality of the input pad, and a plurality of output pads. The input pads and the output pads are disposed on two opposite sides of the driver chip, and are electrically connect to the driver chip respectively. Each input pad comprises an extending portion extending from the input pads to a first cutting edge respectively, and a width of the extending portion is thinner than a width of the input pad, and the extending portions are cut along the first cutting edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: AU Optronics Corp.
    Inventors: Ke-Chih Chang, Chih-Hsiang Yang, Sheng-Kai Hsu, Yi-Chih Huang, Ying-Chao Chen
  • Patent number: 8174822
    Abstract: A plasma display device includes a plasma display panel (PDP) having electrodes between front and rear substrates, a chassis base on an outer surface of the PDP, a printed circuit board assembly (PBA) on the chassis base, a flexible printed circuit (FPC) connecting the PBA to the electrodes of the PDP, an anisotropic conductive film between terminals of the electrodes and a terminal of the FPC, and a sealing member surrounding the terminals of the electrodes and the terminal of the FPC, the sealing member including a surface hydrophobic modifying layer and an insulation layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chul-Hong Kim, Jung-Keun Ahn, Hyun-Mi Jeong, Sung-Bae Kim, Bu-Kyeong Mo, Jeong-Rok Cha
  • Patent number: 8154701
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes first and second substrates facing each other and attached to each other with a cell-gap therebetween, gate lines and data lines arranged horizontally and vertically on the first substrate, first lines formed on the first substrate, connected to the gate lines or the data lines, and each having a link bending point and bent at an angle, a TCP electrically attached to the first substrate, and second lines formed on the TCP and electrically connected to the first lines respectively. At least one link bending point is positioned at a region of the TCP.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jin Cheol Hong
  • Patent number: 8154702
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid crystal display device having an LED flexible substrate which requires no bonding by making a simple structural change. The liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display panel, an LED for providing a light to the liquid crystal display panel, and an LED flexible substrate having a seating portion for mounting the LED thereto, and first and second flat portions bent from the seating portion perpendicular thereto respectively, to form a flexible printed circuit (FPC).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sung Woo Kim