Tape carrier package
View Patent ↗A liquid crystal display of compact size is disclosed. The liquid crystal display has a tape carrier package and a single integrated PCB for processing a gate driving signal and data driving signal. The tape carrier package includes a base substrate, a gate driver IC formed on said base substrate, an input pattern formed on said base substrate that applies gate driving signals input from an external device to the gate driver IC, a first output pattern formed on said base substrate that outputs a first gate driving signal processed in said gate driver IC, and a second output pattern formed on said base substrate, that outputs a second gate driving signal bypassing the gate driver IC among the gate driving signals.
1. A tape carrier package (TCP), comprising:
a base substrate;
an input pattern formed on the base substrate and receiving a first signal and a second signal from an external device;
a driver IC formed on the base substrate, receiving the first signal and generating a first driving signal;
a relay pattern formed on the base substrate and relaying the second signal; and
an output pattern formed on the base substrate and receiving the first driving signal from the driver IC and the second signal from the relay pattern wherein the relay pattern is not connected to the driver IC.
2. The TCP of claim 1 , wherein the base substrate is a flexible printed circuit (FPC) film, and the driver IC, the input pattern, the output pattern and the relay pattern are all formed on the same surface of the FPC film.
3. The TCP of claim 1 , wherein the input pattern includes:
a first input pattern receiving the first signal and electrically connected to the driver IC and a second input pattern receiving the second signal and electrically connected to the relay pattern.
4. The TCP of claim 3 , wherein the second input pattern is arranged adjacent the first input pattern.
5. The TCP of claim 1 , wherein the driver IC is a gate driver IC.
6. The TCP of claim 5 , wherein the first signal is a first gate signal, the first driving signal is a gate driving signal and the second signal is a second gate signal.
7. The TCP of claim 6 , wherein the first gate signal comprises a first gate clock signal, a first output enable signal and a first turn-on voltage signal and a first turn-off voltage signal.
8. The TCP of claim 7 , wherein the second gate signal comprises a second gate clock signal, a second output enable signal and a second turn-on voltage signal and a second turn-off voltage signal.
9. A tape carrier package (TCP), comprising:
a substrate;
a first input pattern formed on the substrate and receiving a first signal from an external device;
a second input pattern formed on the substrate and receiving a second signal from the external device;
a driver IC formed on the substrate receiving the first signal from the first input pattern and generating a first driving signal; and
an output pattern formed on the base substrate and receiving the first driving signal from the driver IC and the second signal from the second input pattern wherein the tape carrier package is a flexible printed circuit film.
10. The TCP of claim 9 , wherein the driver IC is a data driver IC.
11. The TCP of claim 9 , wherein the first signal is a data signal, the first driving signal is a data driving signal and the second signal is a gate signal.
12. The TCP of claim 11 , wherein the gate signal comprises a gate clock signal, an output enable signal, a turn-on voltage signal and a turn-off voltage signal.
13. A display device, comprising:
a panel;
a first tape carrier package (TCP) coupled to the panel and comprising:
a first signal transmission pattern receiving and transferring a first gate signal;
a first driver IC receiving the first gate signal from the first signal transmission pattern and generating a first gate driving signal;
a second signal transmission pattern transferring the first gate driving signal from the first driver IC; and
a relay pattern receiving and transferring a second gate signal; and
a second TCP coupled to the panel and receiving the second gate signal transferred via the relay pattern of the first TCP.
14. The display device of claim 13 , wherein the second TCP comprises a second driver IC receiving the second gate signal and generating a second gate driving signal.
15. The display device of claim 14 , wherein the first gate signal comprises a first gate clock signal, a first output enable signal, a first turn-on voltage signal and a first turn-off voltage signal.
16. The display device of claim 15 , wherein the second gate signal comprises a second gate clock signal, a second output enable signal, a second turn-on voltage signal and a second turn-off voltage signal.
17. The display device of claim 13 , wherein the panel comprises a transmission pattern transferring the second gate signal from the relay pattern of the first TCP to the second TCP.
18. A tape carrier package (TCP), comprising:
a substrate;
a first input terminal receiving a first signal from an external device;
a second input terminal receiving a second signal from the external device;
a first signal transmission pattern connected to the first input terminal and transferring the first signal;
a driver IC connected to the first signal transmission pattern, receiving the first signal from the first signal transmission pattern and generating a driving signal;
a second signal transmission pattern connected to the driver IC and transferring the driving signal;
a third signal transmission pattern connected to the second input terminal and transferring the second signal;
a first output terminal connected to the second signal transmission pattern and outputting the driving signal; and
a second output terminal connected to the third signal transmission pattern and outputting the second signal.
19. The TCP of claim 18 , wherein the first signal is a first gate signal, the driving signal is a gate driving signal and the second signal is a second gate signal.
20. The TCP of claim 19 , wherein the first signal is a data signal, the driving signal is a data driving signal and the second signal is a gate signal.