IP Library Granted Patent US 7,098,526
Granted Patent B2
US 7,098,526 · App. 11/046,642 · Granted Aug 29, 2006

Bumped IC, display device and electronic device using the same

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Patent No.
US 7,098,526
App. No.
11/046,642
Granted
Aug 29, 2006
Kind
B2
Abstract

A driver IC, which is mounted on an active matrix substrate by means of COG, is provided. The driver IC includes an input-output circuit, an internal circuit region having a plurality of internal circuits, a plurality of substrate-coupling bumps coupled to the input-output circuit, and at least one dummy bump. The dummy bump is placed facing opposite to one of the plurality of internal circuits which becomes an object of light shielding.

Claims (16)

1. A bumped IC, comprising:

an input-output circuit;

a plurality of internal circuits;

a plurality of substrate-coupling bumps which are coupled to the input-output circuit; and

at least one dummy bump,

wherein the at least one dummy bump is placed opposite to at least one of the internal circuits which becomes an object of light shielding.

2. The bumped IC according to claim 1 , wherein a height of the at least one dummy bump is lower than a height of each of the plurality of substrate-coupling bumps.

3. The bumped IC according to claim 1 , further comprising a dummy electrode which is coupled to the at least one dummy bump, wherein the at least one dummy electrode is a floating electrode.

4. The bumped IC according to claim 1 , wherein one of the plurality of internal circuits is an internal power supply circuit; and the at least one of the internal circuits which becomes an object of light shielding is an analog circuit which is provided on the internal power supply circuit.

5. The bumped IC according to claim 4 , wherein the analog circuit includes an element which has a temperature-voltage dependency.

6. The bumped IC according to claim 4 , wherein the analog circuit includes a temperature sensor which detects an actual temperature based on the temperature-voltage dependency.

7. A display device, comprising:

the bumped IC according to claim 1 ; and

a transparent substrate on which the bumped IC is mounted by means of chip-on-glass (COG),

wherein the transparent substrate has a plurality of wires and the plurality of substrate-coupling bumps on the bumped IC are coupled to the plurality of wires.

8. An electronic device, comprising the display device according to claim 7 .

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 15, 2018
From: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
To: 138 EAST LCD ADVANCEMENTS LIMITED
Reel/Frame 046153/0397 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 28, 2005
From: KOBAYASHI, KAZUO; YAJIMA, HIDEHIKO
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 016244/0952 →