Liquid crystal display device
View Patent ↗A liquid crystal display (LCD) includes a liquid crystal panel a liquid crystal panel including first and second substrates, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first and second substrates; a gate driving block including a plurality of gate drivers disposed in an edge area of the first substrate; a data driving block including a plurality of data drivers each connected to the first substrate and to a source printed circuit board (PCB) by a respective tape carrier package (TCP) of a plurality data TCPs; and a data pad unit disposed on each data TCP, wherein pitches of data pads disposed on each data pad unit are different in different portions of the of each data TCP, and the data pads are each to transmit a data signal from the data driving block to a data line of the liquid crystal panel.
1. A liquid crystal display (LCD) device comprising:
a liquid crystal panel including first and second substrates, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first and second substrates;
a gate driving block including a plurality of gate drivers disposed in an edge area of the first substrate;
a data driving block including a plurality of data drivers each connected to the first substrate and to a source printed circuit board (PCB) by a respective tape carrier package (TCP) of a plurality of data TCPs; and
a data pad unit disposed on each data TCP,
wherein pitches of data pads disposed on each data pad unit are designed to be increased gradually as going from a central portion to a side portion in each data TCP to thereby transmit a data signal from the data driving block to a data line of the liquid crystal panel and wherein a distance between the data pads in a central portion of each data TCP is smaller than a distance between the data pads in a side portion of respective the data TCP.
2. The LCD device of claim 1 , wherein an IC to connect the gate driving block to the data driving block is one of a flexible printed circuit (FPC) and chip on film (COF) device.
3. The LCD device of claim 1 , wherein the data pads have a predetermined width.
4. The LCD device of claim 1 , further comprising a seal line disposed in the margin of the first and second substrates to bond the first and second substrates to each other.
5. A liquid crystal display (LCD) device comprising:
a liquid crystal panel including first and second substrates, and a liquid crystal layer provided between the first and second substrates;
a gate driving block including a plurality of gate drivers disposed in an edge area of the first substrate;
a data driving block including a plurality of data drivers each connected to the first substrate and to a source printed circuit board (PCB) by a respective data tape carrier package (TCP) of a plurality of data TCPs; and
a data pad unit disposed on each data TCP having data pads disposed on the data pad unit, the data pads to transmit a data signal from the data driving block to a data line of the liquid crystal panel,
wherein the pitch of adjacent data pads of each data TCP increases with increased distance of the adjacent data pads from a central portion to a side portion of the respective data TCP according to a continuous pitch profile curve, and
wherein a distance between the data pads in a central portion of each data TCP is smaller than a distance between the data pads in a side portion of the respective data TCP.
6. The LCD device of claim 5 , wherein an IC to connect the gate driving block to the data driving block is one of a flexible printed circuit (FPC) and chip on film (COF) device.
7. The LCD device of claim 5 , wherein the data pads have a predetermined width.
8. A method of manufacturing a liquid crystal panel comprising:
providing a first and a second substrate;
disposing a liquid crystal layer between the first and second substrates; and
bonding the first substrate to the second substrate;
disposing a gate driving block including a plurality of gate drivers in an edge area of the first substrate;
providing a data driving block including a plurality of data drivers each connected to the first substrate and to a source printed circuit board (PCB) by a respective data tape carrier package (TCP) of a plurality data TCPs;
disposing a data pad unit on each data TCP having data pads disposed on each data pad unit, the data pads to transmit a data signal from the data driving block to a data line of the liquid crystal panel, wherein pitches of data pads disposed on each data pad unit are designed to be increased gradually as going from a central portion to a side portion in the respective data TCP and wherein a distance between the data pads in the central portion of each data TCP is smaller than a distance between the data pads in a side portion of the respective data TCP.
9. The method of claim 8 , wherein an IC to connect the gate driving block to the data driving block is one of a flexible printed circuit (FPC) and chip on film (COF) device.
10. The method of claim 8 , wherein the data pads have a predetermined width.
11. The method of claim 8 , wherein bonding the first substrate to the second substrate includes disposing a seal line in the margin of one of the first substrate and the second substrate.