IP Library Granted Patent US 7,723,728
Granted Patent B2
US 7,723,728 · App. 11/438,382 · Granted May 25, 2010

Fan-out wire structure for a display panel

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 7,723,728
App. No.
11/438,382
Granted
May 25, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

A fan-out wire structure is used to connect a driver and a display region of a display panel and has a plurality of first single-layer wires and at least one second single-layer wire. The first ends of the first single-layer wires are connected to the driver, and the second ends of the first single-layer wires are connected to the display area. The first end of the second single-layer wire is connected to the driver, and the second end of the second single-layer wire is connected to the display area. A metal layer of the first single-layer wires is different from a metal layer of the second single-layer wire.

Claims (10)

1. A fan-out wire structure disposed on a glass substrate of a display panel for connecting a driver to a display area in the display panel, comprising:

a plurality of wires respectively formed from a first metal layer and a second metal layer, wherein at least one of the wires is of the first metal layer, and at least one of the other wires is of the second metal layer, and each of the wires is not across both of the first metal layer and the second metal layer, wherein one end of each of the wires is connected to the driver, and the other end of each of the wires is connected to the display area, wherein two adjacent ones of the wires are separately formed from different metal layers.

2. The fan-out wire structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the plurality of wires is repetitively arranged in the fan-out wire structure with a predetermined sequence according to the metal layer of each of the wires.

3. A fan-out wire structure used for connecting a driver to a display area in a display panel, comprising:

a plurality of first single-layer wires, wherein one end of each of the first single-layer wires is connected to the driver, and the other end of each of the first single-layer wires is connected to the display area; and

at least one second single-layer wire, wherein one end of the second single-layer wire is connected to the driver, and the other end of the second single-layer wire is connected to the display area, and a metal layer of the first single-layer wires is different from a metal layer of the second single-layer wire.

4. The fan-out wire structure as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the single-layer wires are connected to a plurality of pins of the driver in a one-to-one relationship.

5. The fan-out wire structure as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the single-layer wires are repetitively arranged in the fan-out wire structure with a predetermined sequence according to the metal layer of each of the single-layer wires.

6. The fan-out wire structure as claimed in claim 3 , wherein two adjacent ones of the single-layer wires are separately formed from different metal layers.

7. The fan-out wire structure as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the single-layer wires are disposed on a glass substrate of the display panel.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 6, 2012
From: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION AMERICA; AU OPTRONICS CORP.
To: AU OPTRONICS CORP.
Reel/Frame 028906/0552 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 2, 2011
From: AU OPTRONICS CORP.
To: AU OPTRONICS CORP.; AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION AMERICA
Reel/Frame 025884/0016 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 22, 2006
From: CHEN, KUN-HONG; GUO, WEN-REI
To: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 017911/0389 →