Tape carrier package and liquid crystal display panel
View Patent ↗A tape carrier package includes: a flexible substrate having an end portion that is formed with two recesses spaced apart from each other; a plurality of conductive leads provided on the flexible substrate in a manner to form a pin-like contact array on the end portion of the flexible substrate between the recesses in the end portion of the flexible substrate; and an integrated circuit provided on the flexible substrate and coupled to the conductive leads. A liquid crystal display panel includes: a panel body having a contact region; a driver printed circuit board; and a plurality of the aforesaid tape carrier packages. The pin-like contact array of the conductive leads on the end portion of the flexible substrate is connected to the contact region of the panel body and the driver printed circuit board.
1. A tape carrier package comprising:
a flexible substrate having two end portions opposite to each other in a direction, each of said end portions having two recesses spaced apart from each other and opening in said direction in an opposite orientation to the two recesses of the other end portion;
a plurality of conductive leads provided on said flexible substrate in a manner to form a pin-like contact array on each of said end portions of said flexible substrate between said recesses in the respective one of said end portions of said flexible substrate; and
an integrated circuit provided on said flexible substrate and coupled to said conductive leads.
2. The tape carrier package of claim 1 , wherein each of said end portions of said flexible substrate has two opposite corner sections and an intermediate section that is disposed between said corner sections and that has two opposite end edges which are separated from said corner sections by said recesses, respectively, said pin-like contact array of said conductive leads being formed on said intermediate section.
3. The tape carrier package of claim 2 , wherein said pin-like contact array of said conductive leads has two opposite end edges that are flush with said end edges of said intermediate section, respectively.
4. The tape carrier package of claim 2 , wherein said pin-like contact array of said conductive leads has two opposite end edges that are offset from said end edges of said intermediate section, respectively.
5. The tape carrier package of claim 1 , further comprising an anti-soldering layer covering said flexible substrate and a portion of each of said conductive leads.
6. A liquid crystal display panel comprising:
a panel body having a contact region;
a driver printed circuit board; and
a plurality of tape carrier packages coupling said contact region of said panel body to said driver printed circuit board, each of said tape carrier packages including:
a flexible substrate having two end portions opposite to each other in a direction, each of said end portions having two recesses spaced apart from each other and opening in said direction in an opposite orientation to the two recesses of the other end portion,
a plurality of conductive leads provided on said flexible substrate in a manner to form two pin-like contact arrays respectively on said end portions of said flexible substrate, each of said pin-like contact arrays being disposed between said recesses in the respective one of said end portions of said flexible substrate, and
an integrated circuit provided on said flexible substrate and coupled to said conductive leads;
wherein said pin-like contact arrays of said conductive leads on said end portions of said flexible substrate are connected to said contact region of said panel body and said driver printed circuit board.
7. The liquid crystal display panel of claim 6 , wherein each of said end portions of said flexible substrate has two opposite corner sections and an intermediate section that is disposed between said corner sections and that has two opposite end edges which are respectively separated from said corner sections by said recesses in the respective one of said end portions of said flexible substrate, each of said pin-like contact arrays of said conductive leads being respectively formed on said intermediate sections of said end portions of said flexible substrate.
8. The liquid crystal display panel of claim 7 , wherein each of said pin-like contact arrays of said conductive leads has two opposite end edges that are flush with said end edges of said intermediate section of the respective one of said end portions of said flexible substrate, respectively.
9. The liquid crystal display panel of claim 7 , wherein each of said pin-like contact arrays of said conductive leads has two opposite end edges that are offset from said end edges of said intermediate section of the respective one of said end portions of said flexible substrate, respectively.
10. The liquid crystal display panel of claim 7 , wherein each of said tape carrier packages further includes an anti-soldering layer covering said flexible substrate and a portion of each of said conductive leads, the remaining portions of said conductive leads being exposed from said anti-soldering layer and defining said pin-like contact arrays.