IP Library Granted Patent US 8,803,002
Granted Patent B2
US 8,803,002 · App. 13/238,413 · Granted Aug 12, 2014

Electronic device preventing damage to circuit terminal portion and method of manufacturing the same

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Patent No.
US 8,803,002
App. No.
13/238,413
Granted
Aug 12, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic device includes a first substrate on which a thin-film circuit layer is provided at a side of a first face, a second substrate on which a wiring layer is provided, and an isotropic conductive material which electrically connects a terminal portion of the thin-film circuit layer and the wiring layer. In the electronic device, the conductive material is film-formed on both the terminal portion and the wiring layer, and at least a portion of the wiring layer is disposed between the conductive material and the circuit layer. When the terminal portion of the thin-film circuit layer and the wiring layer of a connection substrate are electrically connected to each other, the terminal portion is not required to be excessively pressurized and heated. Therefore, the terminal portion can be prevented from being damaged.

Claims (20)

1. An electronic device comprising: a first substrate on which a thin-film circuit layer is provided on a first face; a second substrate; a wiring layer which is provided on a second face as a main face of the second substrate; and a conductive portion which includes an isotropic conductive material for electrically connecting a terminal portion of the thin-film circuit layer and the wiring layer, wherein the conductive material is film-formed on both the terminal portion and the wiring layer, at least a portion of the wiring layer disposed between the conductive material and the circuit layer, wherein the second substrate has a third face which is located at a side opposite to the second face and a fourth face which is located between the second face and the third face, the fourth face is formed in a tapered shape so as to intersect with the second face at a wide angle and intersect with the third face at an acute angle when seen in the cross section, the first substrate and the second substrate are arranged such that the fourth face is located on the first face, and the conductive material is film-formed along the fourth face.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the wiring layer includes an extending portion which extends from the second substrate to the first substrate, the extending portion is overlapped with the terminal portion at the first face, and the conductive material is film-formed so as to cover a portion of the extending portion, which is overlapped with the terminal portion.

3. The electronic device according to claim 2 ,

wherein an outer circumference of the portion of the extending portion, which is overlapped with the terminal portion, has a concave portion when seen from above, and

the conductive material is film-formed so as to fill up the concave portion.

4. The electronic device according to claim 3 , wherein the portion of the extending portion, which is overlapped with the terminal portion, has a through-hole of which at a bottom side is the terminal portion, and the conductive material is film-formed so as to fill up the through-hole.

5. The electronic device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first substrate has a fifth face which is located at a side opposite to the first face and a sixth face which is located between the first face and the fifth face,

the sixth face is formed in a tapered shape so as to intersect with the first face at a wide angle and intersect with the fifth face at an acute angle when seen in the cross section,

the first substrate and the second substrate are arranged such that the sixth face is located on the second face, and

the conductive material is film-formed along the sixth face.

6. The electronic device according to claim 1 , further including an adhesive which bonds the first substrate and the second substrate.

7. A method of manufacturing an electronic device comprising electrically connecting a terminal portion of a thin-film circuit layer which is provided on a first substrate at a first face and a wiring layer which is provided on a second face as a main face of a second substrate by film-forming an isotropic conductive material from on the terminal portion to on the wiring layer, the conductive material is film-formed on both the terminal portion and the wiring layer, at least a portion of the wiring layer disposed between the conductive material and the circuit layer; wherein the second substrate has a third face which is located at a side opposite to the second face and a fourth face which is located between the second face and the third face, the fourth face is formed in a tapered shape so as to intersect with the second face at a wide angle and intersect with the third face at an acute angle when seen in the cross section, the first substrate and the second substrate are arranged such that the fourth face is located on the first face, and the conductive material is film-formed along the fourth face.

8. An electronic device comprising: a first substrate on which a thin-film circuit layer is provided on a first face; a second substrate; a wiring layer which is provided on a second face as a main face of the second substrate; and a conductive portion which includes an isotropic conductive material for electrically connecting a terminal portion of the thin-film circuit layer and the wiring layer, wherein the conductive material is film-formed on both the terminal portion and the wiring layer, at least a portion of the wiring layer disposed between the conductive material and the circuit layer, wherein the first substrate has a fifth face which is located at a side opposite to the first face and a sixth face which is located between the first face and the fifth face, the sixth face is formed in a tapered shape so as to intersect with the first face at a wide angle and intersect with the fifth face at an acute angle when seen in the cross section, the first substrate and the second substrate are arranged such that the sixth face is located on the second face, and the conductive material is film-formed along the sixth face.

9. The electronic device according to claim 8 , wherein the wiring layer includes an extending portion which extends from the second substrate to the first substrate, the extending portion is overlapped with the terminal portion at the first face, and the conductive material is film-formed so as to cover a portion of the extending portion, which is overlapped with the terminal portion.

10. The electronic device according to claim 9 ,

wherein an outer circumference of the portion of the extending portion, which is overlapped with the terminal portion, has a concave portion when seen from above, and

the conductive material is film-formed so as to fill up the concave portion.

11. The electronic device according to claim 10 , wherein the portion of the extending portion, which is overlapped with the terminal portion, has a through-hole of which at a bottom side is the terminal portion, and the conductive material is film-formed so as to fill up the through-hole.

12. The electronic device according to claim 8 , further including an adhesive which bonds the first substrate and the second substrate.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 13, 2018
From: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
To: E INK CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 047072/0325 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 21, 2011
From: SAITO, HIDETAKA; FUJIMORI, KAZUSHIGE
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 026979/0104 →