Abstract: The present invention is a robust LED display module for use in an electronic sign which display module includes a metallic housing, a heat conductive interface panel, an LED circuit board and LEDs, and a metallic mask arranged in intimate contact and association therewith, and which components operate synergistically in concert with each other in order to evenly distribute, reduce and dissipate heat along, about and within the structure of the present invention. Display uniformity is provided by the use of major metallic structures in order to prevent warpage and to protect the geometric integrity of the LED display module.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display apparatus includes a lower substrate, an upper substrate and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the lower substrate and the upper substrate. The lower substrate includes a display part for displaying image and a driving part for providing the display part with a driving signal. The upper substrate includes a common electrode and an insulating member that electrically insulates the common electrode from the driving part. The insulating member has a lower dielectric constant than the liquid crystal layer. Thus, a parasitic capacitance between the driving part and the common electrode is reduced to prevent malfunction of the driving part, and a display quality is enhanced.

Abstract: A printed circuit board on which a connector is mounted includes a conductive layer, insulating layers, and a supporting member. A part of the conductive layer is exposed on a top surface of the PCB in order to form a connecting pad portion for connecting the connector. The insulating layers are disposed proximate to both sides of the conductive layer. The supporting member is connected to the conductive layer and covers a surface of a hole formed by opening an orifice through the conductive layer and the insulating layer. The hole is disposed adjacent to the connecting pad portion.

Abstract: An electronic control module includes a body portion, a printed circuit board positioned within the body portion, and a cap portion adapted to mate with the body portion. One of the body portion and the cap portion is formed with a groove and the other of the body portion and the cap portion is formed with a projection that is resiliently deformable upon entry into the groove to mechanically and sealingly couple the body portion and the cap portion. In some constructions, the projection is a U-shaped flange. In some constructions, the body portion and the cap portion are formed by molding a metal alloy from a thixotropic state.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel, a light guiding unit, a main flexible printed circuit board (FPC) and a sub FPC. The light guiding unit is disposed adjacent to a first side of the display panel. The main FPC is electrically connected to a second side of the display panel to apply an electrical signal to the display panel. The sub FPC is electrically connected to the main FPC. A light emitting device generates light supplied to the light guiding unit, and is mounted on the sub FPC.

Abstract: Disclosed are a flexible printed circuit board capable of improving the display quality and a display device having the flexible printed circuit board. The flexible printed circuit board includes a base film, a signal interconnection layer and a protective layer. The signal interconnection layer is formed on the base film. The protective layer is formed on the signal interconnection layer. The protective layer includes a first region and a second region. The second region has a stiffness smaller than a stiffness of the first region.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display apparatus includes a lower substrate, an upper substrate and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the lower substrate and the upper substrate. The lower substrate includes a display part for displaying image and a driving part for providing the display part with a driving signal. The upper substrate includes a common electrode and an insulating member that electrically insulates the common electrode from the driving part. The insulating member has a lower dielectric constant than the liquid crystal layer. Thus, a parasitic capacitance between the driving part and the common electrode is reduced to prevent malfunction of the driving part, and a display quality is enhanced.

Abstract: A display device includes a first substrate having a group of terminal electrodes on one side thereof, at least one of the terminal electrodes forming a branched electrode with an isolation region extending along an elongating direction of each the terminal electrode and a second substrate opposing the first substrate such that the terminal electrodes are exposed from an overlapping area of the first substrate and the second substrate.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a liquid crystal panel including short sides and long sides, a plurality of gate lines disposed on the liquid crystal panel and extending substantially in parallel with the short sides of the liquid crystal panel, a plurality of data lines insulated from the gate lines, intersecting the gate lines and extending substantially in parallel with the long sides of the liquid crystal panel, a printed circuit board disposed near one of the short sides of the liquid crystal panel and providing an image signal to the liquid crystal panel, a light guide plate overlapping the liquid crystal panel, a light source module providing light to the light guide plate and a circuit board on which the light source module is mounted.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor chip, a first substrate, and a second substrate. The first substrate includes a plurality of wires and a plurality of first electrodes, each first electrode being connected with each wire. The second substrate includes the semiconductor chip that is mounted thereon, and a plurality of second electrodes with, each second electrode being connected with the each first electrode of the first substrate. The widths of the wires of the first substrate are different depending on the lengths of the wires. By changing the widths of the wires depending on their lengths, it is possible to reduce variation in stiffness of the electrodes and vicinities of electrodes, whereby variation in ultrasonic bonding strength can be reduced.

Abstract: A display device having a plurality of thin film transistors having a semiconductor layer comprising an i-type semiconductor and an impurity doped semiconductor laminated over a first insulating film, a first electrode formed over the semiconductor layer, and a second electrode formed by a part of a corresponding one of the plurality of data lines. In a cross section of an end portion of the first electrode in a direction of a length of a channel of the plurality of thin film transistors, the impurity doped semiconductor is configured to extend a minimum distance of 0.2 ?m beyond the first electrode in the direction of a length of a channel of the plurality of thin film transistors in order to prevent overhanging of the first electrode beyond the impurity doped semiconductor in the direction of a length of a channel of the plurality of thin film transistors.

Abstract: A display device includes a panel assembly on which an image is formed, a cover member which comprises a front portion having a display window exposing at least a portion of a front side of the panel assembly and a side portion which is bent from the front portion, the cover member having one or more joining regions where a pair of end portions engage with and are joined to each other, the cover member comprising a first joining part and a second joining part which are formed at the pair of end portions, respectively, wherein at least one of the first joining part and the second joining part include a region stepped from a surface of the cover member, and at least a portion of the first joining part and the second joining part overlap each other, and an accommodating member which accommodates the panel assembly and is joined to the cover member.

Abstract: A substrate structure capable of miniaturizing and thinning a housing of a portable terminal is provided. A substrate structure 10 comprises a substrate 11, plural electronic components 12 mounted along one mounting surface 11A in the substrate 11, and a resin part 13 for making close contact with the mounting surface 11A of the substrate 11while each of the electronic components 12 is covered with a resin 13A. In the substrate structure 10, a through hole 14 extending through the substrate 11 in a thickness direction is disposed and also the side of the mounting surface 11A in the through hole 14 is closed by a lid member 15. A rising part 21 is disposed in a peripheral part of this lid member 15.

Abstract: In a flexible printed circuit board and a liquid crystal display, the liquid crystal display includes a flexible printed circuit board electrically connecting a liquid crystal display panel that displays an image and a driving circuit board that outputs a driving signal. The flexible printed circuit board includes a base film, an insulating layer and a signal line disposed between the base film and the insulating layer. The base film or the insulating layer includes an opening formed therethrough. Also, the flexible printed circuit board includes a deformation prevention member by cutting-away an end thereof so as to prevent heat deformation of the flexible printed circuit board. Thus, the liquid crystal display may have reduced size and improved assembly efficiency.

Abstract: A liquid crystal module includes a base frame which has a retaining space, two opposite end rims and two opposite side rims surrounding around the retaining space, a backlight panel and a display panel mounted in the retaining space. A top surface of the side rims defines at least one fastening fillister of which a top of a rear wall protrudes forward to form a fastening arm. A front end of the fastening arm protrudes downward to form a buckling portion. A flexible circuit board electrically connects the backlight panel, the display panel and an external circuit, and has a base board of which two opposite ends are mounted to the side rims. At least one fastening strip is formed at the two opposite ends of the base board and stretches into the fastening fillister. A buckling hole is opened in the fastening strip for buckling the buckling portion.

Abstract: An active device array substrate including a substrate, an active device array, a black matrix, a color filter, at least a pad, and at least a contact window is provided. The substrate has a display region and a periphery circuit region. The pad is disposed in the display region or the periphery circuit region and is constituted by at least one of a first conductive layer and a second conductive layer. The contact window is disposed on the pad, through which a third conductive layer is connected to the pad. The contact window is surrounded by at least two different types of light-shielding patterns, wherein each light-shielding pattern surrounds only a part of the periphery of the contact window. The light-shielding patterns are selected form at least two of the black matrix, the color filter, the first conductive layer, and the second conductive layer.

Abstract: A printed circuit board (PCB) and a liquid crystal display (LCD) including the same are provided. The PCB includes a metal pattern formed on an insulating substrate, an insulating layer covering the metal pattern, and at least one insulating layer protecting pattern formed on the insulating layer. The LCD includes a liquid crystal panel, a backlight assembly providing light to the liquid crystal panel, a bottom chassis having at least one support protruding from a surface thereof and receiving the liquid crystal panel and the backlight assembly, and a printed circuit board (PCB) including a metal pattern formed on an insulating substrate, an insulating layer covering the metal pattern, and at least one insulating layer protecting pattern formed on the insulating layer, wherein the printed circuit board is connected to the surface of the bottom chassis.

Abstract: A video processing circuit replaces an applied voltage designated by the video signal and applied to a first pixel with a predetermined third voltage, in the case that the applied voltage is lower than the third voltage, the first pixel is abutted on a predetermined application boundary, and the first pixel is surrounded by a risk boundary determined in accordance with a tilt azimuth direction of the liquid crystal on at least two sides.

Abstract: A mounting structure includes a first substrate that has a first surface and a second surface, a plurality of first connection terminals that are disposed on the first surface in a first direction, a plurality of second connection terminals that are disposed on the first surface in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction and that are disposed at predetermined gaps from the first connection terminals, a plurality of connection wiring lines that are disposed on the second surface, each having first portions that overlap the first and second connection terminals in plan view and a second portion that is formed to have a width narrower than those of the first and second connection terminals in the first direction, a plurality of through holes that pass through the first substrate so as to correspondingly connect the second connection terminals to the connection wiring lines, and a second substrate that has a plurality of third connection terminals correspondingly connected to the first and second

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.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display module includes a liquid crystal display panel, a backlight device arranged on a back surface of the liquid crystal display panel, the backlight device being constituted of a light guide plate and a reflection sheet arranged on a back surface of the light guide plate, an insulation sheet arranged on a back surface of the light guide plate, a flexible printed circuit board having one end thereof mounted on the liquid crystal display panel and another end thereof disposed at a back surface side of the insulating sheet, and at least one LED formed on the flexible printed circuit board and faced to the light guide plate. The reflection sheet, the insulation sheet, and the flexible printed circuit board extend over different distances from the at least one LED in this order.

Abstract: A display device is disclosed. The display device includes a substrate, a display area on the substrate, the display area including a plurality of subpixels, a pad area on the substrate, the pad area including a pad electrode, a conductive adhesive layer on the pad electrode, and a driver on the conductive adhesive layer, the driver being attached to the pad electrode using the conductive adhesive layer. One surface of the conductive adhesive layer includes one surface of the driver. A vertical distance ranging from a shorter side of one surface of the driver to a shorter side of one surface of the conductive adhesive layer lies substantially in a range between 0.2 mm and 4 mm.

Abstract: A plurality of liquid crystal modulation electrodes is arranged in a matrix on a semiconductor substrate 28, a light transmitting substrate 47 with a transparent electrode 23, and a semiconductor substrate are laminated together with liquid crystal interposed therebetween, the semiconductor substrate is connected to a flexible printed board 25 electrically connecting to an external circuit, the transparent electrode is connected to the wiring of the flexible printed board not through the semiconductor substrate, and the wiring is connected to the semiconductor substrate, whereby the transparent electrode is electrically connected to the semiconductor substrate. The semiconductor substrate 28 is provided with an anti-electrostatic protection circuit and the transparent electrode is connected to the anti-electrostatic protection circuit through the wiring.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a transflective thin film transistor substrate and method of fabricating the same. A liquid crystal display device according to the present invention includes: a gate line crossing a data line with a gate insulating film there between to define a pixel area; a thin film transistor connected to the gate line and the data line; an organic film on the gate line, the data line and the thin film transistor, having a transmission hole passing through the gate insulating film in the pixel area; a pixel electrode on the organic film via the transmission hole and connected to the thin film transistor; and a reflective electrode having an edge part different from an edge part of the pixel electrode on the pixel electrode and exposing the pixel electrode of the transmission hole.

Abstract: A display device includes a display panel having a display region and a peripheral region. Signal lines disposed in the peripheral region provide an image display signal to the display region. A test pad portion is disposed in the peripheral region and connected to at least some of the signal lines. The test pad portion includes a test pad, an extension line extending from the test pad, and a bridge wire connecting the extension line to an associated signal line. The bridge wire is formed of a corrosion resistant material. The signal line is protected from corrosion by connecting the signal line to the test pad portion via the bridge wire, which prevents corrosion of the test pad from spreading to the signal line. The bridge wire can be protected from corrosion by disposing it under a sealing member of the panel.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing an electro-optical device including an element substrate which includes a plurality of pixels including pixel electrodes and which is connected to a circuit board includes providing a UV-curable molding member on the element substrate such that the molding member extends from the element substrate to the circuit board and also includes curing the molding member by irradiating the molding member with UV light. The element substrate includes an electrostatic protection circuit. The electrostatic protection circuit is shielded from the UV light applied to the molding member in the operation of curing the molding member.

Abstract: Provided is a display device including a flexible substrate having a shield electrode formed thereon, which enables reduction of a region in which components are mounted compared with that in a conventional case. The display device includes: a display panel; and a flexible substrate connected to the display panel, the flexible substrate having a plurality of electronic components mounted thereon, in which: the flexible substrate has a shield electrode on a surface thereof that is opposite to a surface thereof on which the plurality of electronic components are mounted in a region which corresponds to a region in which the plurality of electronic components are mounted; the shield electrode is supplied with a first reference voltage from outside; and at least one of the plurality of electronic components is supplied with the first reference voltage via the shield electrode.

Abstract: A thin film transistor array panel is provided according to one or more embodiments. In an embodiment, the thin film transistor array panel includes: a base substrate that has a display area and a peripheral area; a plurality of thin film transistors that are formed in the display area; a plurality of signal input pads that are formed in the peripheral area and that are formed long in a first direction; and a plurality of signal lines that are connected to the thin film transistors and the signal input pads, wherein at least a part of each of the plurality of signal input pads is arranged in a line along the first direction.

Abstract: A flat panel display and a chip bonding pad thereof are provided. The flat panel display includes a display panel, an FPC board, first and second source driving chips, and a control circuit board. First and second wires in a peripheral circuit region of the display panel extend from the underneath of the FPC board to two opposite sides of the display panel and electrically connect the FPC board. The first source driving chips electrically connect the FPC board through parts of the first wires. The second source driving chips electrically connect the FPC board through the second wires. The chip bonding pad is under one of the first and second source driving chips. The chip bonding pad includes a first dielectric layer having first through holes and a second dielectric layer having second and third through holes arranged alternately. The second through holes correspond to the first through holes.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display (LCD) device includes an LCD panel, a panel driver that includes a source printed circuit board (PCB) substrate having a fixing protrusion hole to supply driving signals to the LCD panel, and a top chassis to receive the LCD panel and the panel driver. The top chassis includes an upper frame portion to prevent the LCD panel from moving upwardly, a side frame portion to prevent the LCD panel from moving sideward, and a fixing protrusion protruded from an inner side of the side frame portion. The fixing protrusion is coupled to the fixing protrusion hole to fix the source PCB inside the side frame portion of the top chassis.

Abstract: A display apparatus capable of preventing electromagnetic noise. The display apparatus includes a substrate, a sealing member facing the substrate, a display unit arranged between the substrate and the sealing member, a driving chip arranged on the substrate to transmit an electrical signal to the display unit, a conductive cover layer covering the driving chip and a flexible circuit substrate including a conductive cover layer and signal line, the signal line being electrically connected to the driving chip.

Abstract: An LCD device includes: a backlight unit including a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) which generate light, and emit the light to a liquid crystal panel; a main flexible circuit board on which driving circuits to drive the LEDs and the liquid crystal panel; a sub-flexible circuit board on which the LEDs are mounted and electrically connected to a wire pattern formed on the main flexible circuit board by being soldered to a side surface of the main flexible circuit board to electrically connect the light emitting diodes and the driving circuits for the light emitting diodes; and a support main encompassing the liquid crystal panel and the backlight unit and including a step portion at a side surface thereof to accommodate a soldering portion between the side surface of the main flexible circuit board and the sub-flexible circuit board which are connected by soldering.

Abstract: A backlight module including several light sources, a frame, a light guide plate and a flexible printed circuit board is provided. The flexible printed circuit board includes a body and a fixing structure. The body is bent, so that a first part and a second part of the body are respectively disposed on two sides of the frame. The light sources are disposed on the first part, and the light-emitting surfaces of the light sources face the light guide plate. The fixing structure including a structure body, several first connecting portions and two protrusions is disposed on the first part. The first connecting portions extend from the two opposite first sides and are fixed on the body, so that the structure body is positioned above the light sources. The protrusions respectively extend slantwise from the first sides toward the direction opposite to the structure body and insert into the frame.

Abstract: A method for fabricating a liquid crystal display, includes: preparing a first substrate having a first region and a second region positioned at at least one side of the first region, and a second substrate attached to the first region of the first substrate; forming a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of data lines such that they cross each other to define unit pixel regions on the first region of the first substrate, and forming switching elements at crossings of the gate lines and data lines; and extending the gate lines and the data lines of the first region to the second region of the first substrate to form a plurality of pads constituting at least one group, wherein the intervals between pads at every region constituting the single group are the same, and the pad width is different as it goes from the pad positioned at the center toward the outermost pad.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes: first and second substrates on which a display area and a non-display area are defined and a plurality of pixels are defined at the display area; a pixel electrode formed at each pixel on the first substrate; a plurality of first attachment improving protrusions formed at the non-display area along edges of the display area on the first substrate and made of the same material as the pixel electrode on the layer on which the pixel electrode is formed; a common electrode formed at least on a display area of the second substrate; a plurality of second attachment improving protrusions formed on the non-display area of the second substrate and branched off from the common electrode; and a sealant formed between the first and second substrates such that the sealant is attached with the first and second attachment improving protrusions, and having conductivity, wherein the common electrode receives a common voltage via the sealant and the first attachment improving protrusions.

Abstract: An active device array substrate including a substrate, an active device array, an detecting circuit, a plurality of driver chip pads, a plurality of flexible printed circuit (FPC) pads, a plurality of connection lines and an inner shorting ring is provided. The active device array and the detecting circuit are disposed on the substrate, and the detecting circuit is electrically connected to the active device array. The driver chip pads and the FPC pads are disposed on the substrate, wherein the driver chip pads are electrically connected to the active device array. The connection lines are disposed on the substrate, and each of the connection lines is respectively connected to the detecting circuit and the corresponding FPC pad. The inner shorting ring is disposed on the substrate, and the inner shorter ring is respectively electrically connected to the corresponding FPC pad and the active device array.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display comprises: a first substrate; a display area disposed on the first substrate; subpixels disposed in the display area; a scan driver for supplying a scan signal to scan lines connected to the subpixels; a data driver for supplying a data signal to data lines connected to the subpixels; first transistors disposed on the first substrate adjacent to one side of the display area and connected to the data lines; second transistors disposed on the first substrate adjacent to the other side of the display area and connected to the scan lines; and a test pad connected to the first transistors and second transistors.

Abstract: A flexible printed circuit board includes a first substrate portion having at least one first terminal, a second substrate portion in communication with the first substrate portion and having at least one circuit device, a connection substrate portion in communication with the second substrate portion, the connection substrate portion extending away from the second substrate portion in a same direction as the first substrate portion, and a third substrate portion in communication with the connection substrate portion, the third substrate portion having at least one second terminal.

Abstract: A mounting structure includes a substrate, a first terminal, a first flexible circuit board, and a second terminal. The first terminal is arranged in a first region of a first face of the substrate. The first flexible circuit board is connected to the first terminal through an anisotropic conductive film. The second terminal is arranged in a second region of a second face, which is a rear face relative to the first face of the substrate, wherein the second region does not overlap the first region in plan view. A region of the second face of the substrate, which overlaps the first region in plan view, is formed to be a smooth face.

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.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid crystal display and a tablet computer having the same. According to the present invention, there is provided a liquid crystal display, comprising: a liquid crystal display panel for displaying an image; a driving circuit unit connected to the liquid crystal display panel and including a printed circuit board mounted with a circuit component; a top chassis disposed over the liquid crystal display panel; and a fastening member for fastening the printed circuit board of the driving circuit unit to the top chassis.

Abstract: It is an object of the invention to protect a flexible printed circuit of a liquid crystal display device. A liquid crystal display device of the invention includes: a flexible printed substrate that extends as far as a position where it opposes a metal frame; and a light-blocking tape that has a portion that is positioned between a semiconductor integrated circuit and a light source. The light-blocking tape includes: a light-blocking layer that has a first surface that faces a liquid crystal display panel and a second surface that faces a backlight module; a first pressure-sensitive adhesive layer that has a portion that is formed on the first surface of the light-blocking layer and pressure-sensitively adheres to the liquid crystal display panel; and a second pressure-sensitive adhesive layer that has a portion that is formed on the second surface of the light-blocking layer and pressure-sensitively adheres to the backlight module.

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.

Abstract: A multi-touch sensor panel can be created using a substrate with column and row traces formed on either side. Metal traces running along the border of the substrate can be used to bring the row traces to the same edge as the column traces. A single flex circuit can be fabricated to connect to the rows and columns on directly opposing sides. Flex printed circuits can be bonded to directly opposing attachment areas of a substrate by cooling one side of the substrate while bonding the other. In addition, “coverlay” material extending over right-angled traces on the flex circuit ensure that those traces do not get shorted should conductive bonding material get squeezed out during bonding. Furthermore, a spacer is placed at the distal end of the flex circuit to apply even bonding pressure over the entire flex circuit attachment area during bonding.

Abstract: A substrate structure capable of miniaturizing and thinning a housing of a portable terminal is provided. A substrate structure 10 comprises a substrate 11, plural electronic components 12 mounted along one mounting surface 11A in the substrate 11, and a resin part 13 for making close contact with the mounting surface 11A of the substrate 11while each of the electronic components 12 is covered with a resin 13A. In the substrate structure 10, a through hole 14 extending through the substrate 11 in a thickness direction is disposed and also the side of the mounting surface 11A in the through hole 14 is closed by a lid member 15. A rising part 21 is disposed in a peripheral part of this lid member 15.

Abstract: The material utilization efficiency of FPC's is improved, to provide a low cost touch panel. A touch panel 100 is constituted by: a rectangular transparent panel 104; and a plurality of light emitting elements 8a and a plurality of light receiving elements 8b provided at the peripheral portions of the transparent panel 104, for specifying the coordinates of targets of detection. An elongate FPC 106 is folded at a plurality of predetermined locations to be provided as a frame along the four sides 122a, 122b, 122c, and 122d of the transparent panel 104. The plurality of light emitting elements 8a are provided on the FPC 106 along two adjacent sides of the transparent panel 104, and the plurality of light receiving elements 8b are provided on the other two sides of the transparent panel 104 so as to face the light emitting elements 8a.

Abstract: A chip on film (COF) structure includes a flexible circuit board and a chip. The flexible circuit board includes a flexible base film and a conductive layer. The flexible base film has a polyimide layer and an anisotropic conductive layer (ACL). The conductive layer is disposed on the flexible base film. The conductive layer and the ACL are separated by the polyimide layer. The chip is mounted with the conductive layer via interconnectors.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes 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.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display including a plurality of parallel display electrodes wired over an electrode substrate, terminals for the display electrodes led out to the end portion of the electrode substrate and connected to TCPs, the terminals having pitches smaller than those of the display electrodes, and leadout wirings for connecting the display electrodes and the terminals. The leadout wirings each consist of a portion extending from a respective display electrode as it is, a portion extended from the respective terminals as it is, and almost parallel, inclined linear wiring that connects the two extended portions. The length of the two extended portions and the width of the inclined linear wiring are adjusted so that the wiring resistances of the individual leadout wirings are substantially equal.

Abstract: A display module, in which panel electrode terminals of a display panel are bonded to pattern terminals of a Cu foil pattern of a flexible wire board by using an anisotropic conductive adhesive, has a solder resist for protecting the Cu foil pattern on a base material of the flexible wire board so that the solder resist is extended inside the display panel while having the flexible wire board connected to the display panel. Therefore, even when the flexible wire board is used in a bent state, poor connection is surely prevented while conveniently suppressing a break in wire of the Cu foil pattern when bent, thereby attaining a highly reliable display module.