IP Library Granted Patent US 8,218,121
Granted Patent B2
US 8,218,121 · App. 11/448,825 · Granted Jul 10, 2012

Liquid crystal display having a printed circuit board combined with only one of the tape carrier packages

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Patent No.
US 8,218,121
App. No.
11/448,825
Granted
Jul 10, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to a liquid crystal device to which a line on glass structure and a cascade structure are both applied, and a manufacturing method thereof. The liquid crystal device includes: a liquid crystal panel including a plurality of pixels defined by gate lines and data lines that cross each other, wherein a first group of signal lines is formed on the liquid crystal panel in an on-glass-configuration; a plurality of tape carrier packages mounted with source drivers that provide data signals through the data lines to the liquid crystal panel and mounted on the liquid crystal panel in a cascade structure, wherein a second group of signal lines connected to the first group of signal lines is formed thereon; and a printed circuit board combined directly with only one of the plurality of tape carrier packages so as to supply a plurality of driving signals and control signals to the liquid crystal panel.

Claims (12)

1. A liquid crystal display device comprising:

a liquid crystal panel comprising a plurality of pixels defined by gate lines and data lines intersecting each other and formed with an on-glass-type first group of signal lines;

a plurality of tape carrier packages mounted with source drivers for providing data signals through the data lines to the liquid crystal panel, formed with a second group of signal lines connected to the first group of signal lines, respectively, formed with a third group of signal lines electrically connected directly to the second group of signal lines and the source drivers, respectively, and mounted on the liquid crystal panel in a cascade structure; and

a printed circuit board combined directly with only one of the plurality of tape carrier packages, and having data signal lines for supplying data control signals and data signals for the source drivers and gate signal lines for supplying gate control signals for gate drivers, respectively,

wherein the data signal lines of the printed circuit board are directly to the third group of signal lines connected with the source driver in the only one of the plurality of tape carrier packages so that the data control signals and data signals are supplied to the source driver via a direct connection,

wherein the only one tape carrier package has a fourth group of signal lines electrically connected to the gate signal lines of the printed circuit board,

wherein the liquid crystal panel has a fifth group of signal lines electrically connected to the fourth group of signal lines so that the gate signal lines formed in the printed circuit board are connected with the fifth group of signal lines via the fourth group of signal lines.

2. The liquid crystal device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein

the printed circuit board is connected in cascade to all the tape carrier packages through the directly combined tape carrier package.

3. The liquid crystal device as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:

a plurality of second tape carrier packages mounted with the gate driver.

4. The liquid crystal device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the gate drivers are mounted on the exterior of the liquid crystal panel in a chip-on-film type.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 17, 2008
From: LG.PHILIPS LCD CO., LTD.
To: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 021763/0117 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 8, 2006
From: LEE, JOO HONG; PARK, JAE HYUN
To: LG.PHILIPS LCD CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 017961/0951 →