IP Library Granted Patent US 12672240
Granted Patent B2
US 12672240 · App. 18/384,415 · Granted Jun 30, 2026

Flexible printed circuit board, COF module, and electronic device comprising the same

Inventors: Dae Sung Yoo (Seoul, KR); Jun Young Lim (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
H05K1/189H05K1/111H05K1/118H05K1/18H05K1/0256H05K1/028H05K1/0393H05K1/181H05K2201/10128
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Patent No.
US 12672240
App. No.
18/384,415
Granted
Jun 30, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A flexible printed circuit board according to an embodiment includes: a substrate; and a circuit pattern disposed on the substrate, wherein the circuit pattern includes a plurality of first circuit patterns, a plurality of second circuit patterns, and a plurality of third circuit patterns, wherein the third circuit pattern includes a third-first pad portion, a third-second pad portion, and a third wiring portion connecting the third-first pad portion and the third-second pad portion, a plurality of fourth wiring portions are disposed between a plurality of third wiring portions, a line width of the third wiring portion is greater than a line width of the fourth wiring portion, and a distance between the third wiring portion and the fourth wiring portion adjacent to the third wiring portion is greater than a distance between the fourth wiring portions.

Claims (38)

1 . A flexible printed circuit board comprising:

a substrate;

a plurality of circuit pattern disposed on the substrate; and

a plurality of dummy patterns disposed on the substrate,

wherein the circuit pattern includes a plurality of first circuit patterns, a plurality of second circuit patterns, and a plurality of third circuit patterns,

wherein the first circuit patterns are connected with a chip and a circuit board,

wherein the second circuit patterns are connected with the chip and a display panel,

wherein the third circuit patterns are connected with the circuit board and the display panel,

wherein the third circuit pattern includes a third-first pad portion, a third-second pad portion, and a third wiring portion connecting the third-first pad portion and the third-second pad portion,

wherein the dummy patterns are disposed between two adjacent third wiring portions,

a line width of the third wiring portion is greater than a line width of the fourth wiring portion, and

wherein the third wiring portion includes a first wiring region and a second wiring region that are integrally formed,

a line width of the second wiring region is greater than a line width of the first wiring region, and

the second wiring region is connected to a plurality of first wiring regions,

wherein a minimum distance between the second wiring region and the fourth wiring portion is greater than a distance between adjacent second wiring regions.

2 . The flexible printed circuit board of claim 1 , wherein the minimum distance between the second wiring region and the fourth wiring portion is greater than a distance between adjacent the fourth wiring portions.

3 . The flexible printed circuit board of claim 1 , wherein the minimum distance between the second wiring region and the fourth wiring portion is greater than a distance between the first wiring region and the fourth wiring portion.

4 . The flexible printed circuit board of claim 1 , wherein the minimum distance between the second wiring region and the fourth wiring portion is greater than a distance between adjacent the first wiring region.

5 . The flexible printed circuit board of claim 1 , wherein the third circuit pattern is a power supply circuit pattern.

6 . The flexible printed circuit board of claim 1 , wherein the line width of the second wiring region is 30 μm or more.

7 . The flexible printed circuit board of claim 1 , wherein the line width of the second wiring region is at least twice the line width of the fourth wiring portion.

8 . The flexible printed circuit board of claim 1 , wherein the minimum distance between the second wiring region and the fourth wiring portion is 1.5 times or more at least one of a distance between adjacent second wiring regions, the distance between adjacent the fourth wiring portions, a distance between the first wiring region and the fourth wiring portion, and a distance between adjacent the first wiring region.

9 . The flexible printed circuit board of claim 1 , wherein the first circuit pattern includes a first-first pad portion disposed inside a chip mounting region, a first-second pad portion disposed outside the chip mounting region, and a first wiring portion connecting the first-first pad portion and the first-second pad portion, and extends in a first direction based on the chip mounting region, and

the second circuit pattern includes a second-first pad portion disposed inside the chip mounting region, a second-second pad portion disposed outside the chip mounting region, and a second wiring portion connecting the second-first pad portion and the second-second pad portion, and extends in a second direction.

10 . The flexible printed circuit board of claim 8 , wherein the third circuit pattern extends in the first direction and the second direction.

11 . The flexible printed circuit board of claim 1 , wherein the third circuit pattern includes a region having a line width greater than that of the first circuit pattern and the second circuit pattern.

12 . The flexible printed circuit board of claim 1 , the second wiring region is a region formed by merging a plurality of first wiring regions.

13 . The flexible printed circuit board of claim 1 , wherein the line width of the fourth wiring part is less than or equal to the line width of the first wiring region of the third wiring part.

14 . A COF module comprising:

the flexible printed circuit board according to claim 1 ; and

a chip disposed in the chip mounting region.

15 . The COF module of claim 14 , wherein the minimum distance between the second wiring region and the fourth wiring portion is greater than a distance between adjacent the fourth wiring portions.

16 . The COF module of claim 14 , wherein the minimum distance between the second wiring region and the fourth wiring portion is greater than a distance between the first wiring region and the fourth wiring portion.

17 . The COF module of claim 14 , wherein the minimum distance between the second wiring region and the fourth wiring portion is greater than a distance between adjacent the first wiring region.

18 . An electronic device comprising:

the COF module according to claim 17 ;

a printed circuit board connected to the first circuit pattern; and

a display panel connected to the second circuit pattern.