Liquid crystal display device having smaller frame area

• US 6,411,359 B1
• Filed: 04/13/1999
• Issued: 06/25/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 04/24/1998
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Device Engineering Co., Ltd. (Japan Display Incorporated)
• Inventors: Kobayashi, Kengo, Toriyama, Yoshio, Hasegawa, Kaoru, Yarita, Katsuhiko
• Primary Examiner(s): Sikes, William L.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Qi, Mike
• Application Number:
  US09/290,185
• Time in Patent Office: 1,169 Days
• Field of Search: 349/149, 349/150, 349/151, 349/152, 349/65, 345/98
• US Class Current: 349/149
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/13452 Conductors connecting driver circuitry and terminals of panels

Abstract

A frame area of a liquid crystal display device is reduced by improving the layouts of extraction lines DTM of drain wiring of a TFT liquid crystal display device, a driving IC of the TFT liquid crystal display device and a flexible board FPC2 for a drain driving circuit of the TFT liquid crystal display device.

Claims

1. A liquid crystal display device comprising:

a generally rectangular liquid crystal display panel formed by sandwiching a liquid crystal layer between a first substrate having active elements formed thereon and a second substrate having a common electrode formed thereon;

an interface circuit board provided along one of the short sides of said liquid crystal display panel;

a flexible board connected to said interface circuit board at one end thereof and provided at least along one long side of said first substrate for supplying a driving signal voltage for display to said active elements;

and a driving IC chip mounted such that it is connected to extraction lines of said active elements at output terminals thereof and to a conductor layer portion of said flexible board at input terminals thereof;

wherein

the center of the extraction lines of said active elements driven by said driving IC chip in the direction of the arrangement thereof is matched with the center of said driving IC chip in the direction parallel with the direction of the arrangement of the extraction lines of said active elements, and the center of the conductive layer portion of said flexible board connected to the input terminals of said driving IC chip in the direction parallel with the direction of the arrangement of the extraction lines of said active elements is offset from the center of said driving IC chip toward said interface circuit board.

2. A liquid crystal display device according to claim 1, characterized in that said driving IC chip is mounted on said flexible board at a position furthest from said interface circuit board.

3. A liquid crystal display device according to claim 2, characterized in that a common electrode wiring for supplying power to said common electrode is provided on said long side of said first substrate and is further from said interface circuit board than said driving IC chip.

4. A liquid crystal display device according to claim 2, characterized in that an alignment mark for defining the position of said liquid crystal display panel during assembly is provided on said long side of said first substrate and is further from said interface circuit board than said driving IC chip.

5. A liquid crystal display device comprising:

a first substrate having a matrix of drain signal lines and gate signal lines, and a plurality of thin film transistors, each provided at respective intersections between two adjoining drain signal lines and two adjoining gate signal lines, a drain electrode and a gate electrode of each thin film transistor being connected to a drain signal line and a gate signal line, respectively, and a source electrode of said thin film transistor is connected to a pixel electrode;

a second substrate having a common electrode formed thereon;

a liquid crystal layer provided between said pixel electrode and said common electrode;

an interface circuit board provided along first sides of said first substrate which having a plurality of gate terminals connected to said gate signal lines;

a flexible board connected to said interface circuit board at one end thereof and provided at least along a second side of said first substrate for supplying a driving signal voltage for display to said drain signal lines;

and a driving IC chip mounted such that it is connected to extraction lines of said drain signal lines at output terminals thereof and to a conductor layer portion of said flexible board at input terminals thereof;

wherein

a center of the extraction lines of said drain signal lines driven by said driving IC chip in the direction of the arrangement thereof is matched with the center of said driving IC chip in the direction parallel with the direction of the arrangement of the extraction lines of said drain signal lines, and the center of the conductive layer portion of said flexible board connected to the input terminals of said driving IC chip in the direction parallel with the direction of the arrangement of the extraction lines of said drain signal lines is offset from the center of said driving IC chip toward said interface circuit board.

6. A liquid crystal display device according to claim 5, characterized in that said driving IC chip is mounted on said first substrate at a position furthest from said interface circuit board.

7. A liquid crystal display device according to claim 6, characterized in that a common electrode wiring for supplying power to said common electrode is provided on said second side of said first substrate and is further from said interface circuit board than said driving IC chip.

8. A liquid crystal display device according to claim 6, characterized in that an alignment mark for defining the position of said first substrate during assembly is provided on said second side of said first substrate and is further from said interface circuit board than said driving IC chip.

9. A liquid crystal display device comprising:

a liquid crystal display panel having a plurality of first signal lines and a plurality of second signal lines, said first signal lines and second signal being lines arranged in a matrix shape;

a first printed circuit board provided along a first sides of said liquid crystal display panel;

a second printed circuit board connected to said first punted circuit board at one end thereof and provided at least along a second side of said liquid crystal display panel for supplying a driving signal voltage for display to said first signal lines; and

a driving IC chip mounted such that it is connected to extraction lines of said first signal lines at output terminals thereof and to a conductor layer portion of said second printed circuit board at input terminals thereof;

wherein

the center of the extraction lines of said first signal lines driven by said driving IC chip in the direction of the arrangement thereof is matched with the center of aid driving IC chip in the direction parallel with the direction of the arrangement of the extraction lines of said first signal line, and the center of the conductive layer portion of said second printed circuit board connected to the input terminals of said driving IC chip in the direction parallel with the direction of the arrangement of the extraction lines of said active elements is offset from the center of said driving IC chip toward said first printed circuit board.

10. A liquid crystal display device according to claim 9, characterized in that said driving IC chip is mounted on said liquid crystal display panel at a position furthest from said first printed circuit board.

11. A liquid crystal display device according to claim 9, characterized in that an alignment mark for defining the position of said liquid crystal display panel during assembly is provided on said second side of said liquid crystal display panel and is further from said first printed circuit board than said driving IC chip.