IP Library Granted Patent US 9,618,811
Granted Patent B2
US 9,618,811 · App. 14/270,390 · Granted Apr 11, 2017

Multiple circuit board for liquid crystal display panels and method for manufacturing liquid crystal display panels

Inventor: Kentaro Agata (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
G02F1/136204G02F1/133351
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Patent No.
US 9,618,811
App. No.
14/270,390
Granted
Apr 11, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A multiple circuit board includes a board having a plurality of product regions respectively corresponding to a plurality of array boards and an out-of-product region, out-of-product wires provided in the out-of-product region, waveform wires electrically connected to the out-of-product wires and extending to depict waveforms to alternately pass inside and outside of the respective product regions, circuit elements provided in respective display regions of the plurality of product regions, scanning circuits provided adjacent to the respective display regions of the plurality of product regions, and a plurality of scanning lines extending from the scanning circuits to both sides in each of the product regions and connecting to the circuit elements at one side and connecting to the waveform wires inside the product region at the other side.

Claims (34)

1. A multiple circuit board for cutting into a plurality of array boards used for a plurality of display panels, comprising:

a board having a plurality of product regions respectively corresponding to the plurality of array boards and an out-of-product region;

out-of-product wires provided in the out-of-product region;

waveform wires electrically connected to the out-of-product wires and extending to depict waveforms to alternately pass inside and outside of the respective product regions;

circuit elements provided in respective display regions of the plurality of product regions;

scanning circuits provided adjacent to the respective display regions of the plurality of product regions; and

a plurality of scanning lines extending from the scanning circuits to both sides in each of the product regions and connecting to the circuit elements at one side and connecting to the circuit elements at one side and connecting to the waveform wires inside the product region at the other side, wherein

the plurality of product regions are arranged in a longitudinal direction and a lateral direction,

the two or more adjacent product regions arranged in the lateral direction abut each other via cut lines for cutting into the plurality of array boards,

the waveform wires have portions alternately passing ends of the product regions adjacent to each other in the lateral direction,

a pair of the scanning circuits are provided at both sides of the display region,

the waveform wires alternately bend to the right and left in the lateral direction, connect to the plurality of scanning lines at convex sides on one of the right and left, and have branch wires extending from concave sides on the other of the right and left and entering the product regions adjacent in the lateral direction,

the plurality of scanning lines of the respective product regions laterally abut the plurality of scanning lines of the product regions adjacent in the lateral direction, and

one of the pair of scanning lines adjacent to each other in the product regions adjacent to each other in the lateral direction is connected to the waveform wire at the convex side and the other is connected to the waveform wire at the concave side via the branch wire.

2. The multiple circuit board according to claim 1 , wherein the waveform wires further have portions alternately passing inside and outside of ends without the adjacent product regions of the product regions located at ends in lateral arrangements.

3. The multiple circuit board according to claim 1 , wherein the out-of-product region includes a frame-like region surrounding the plurality of product regions and partition regions passing between the product regions adjacent to each other in the longitudinal direction, and

the out-of-product wires continuously pass in the frame-like region and the partition regions.

4. The multiple circuit board according to claim 1 , wherein the waveform wire is formed using a semiconductor.

5. A method for manufacturing display panels comprising:

preparing a multiple circuit board having

a board having a plurality of product regions and an out-of-product region used for a plurality of display panels,

out-of-product wires provided in the out-of-product region,

waveform wires electrically connected to the out-of-product wires and extending to depict waveforms to alternately pass ends of the adjacent product regions,

circuit elements provided in respective display regions of the plurality of product regions,

scanning circuits provided adjacent to the respective display regions of the plurality of product regions, and

a plurality of scanning lines extending from the scanning circuits to both sides in each of the product regions and connecting to the circuit elements at one side and connecting to the waveform wires inside the product region at the other side; and

cutting the multiple circuit board in correspondence with the plurality of product regions, wherein

cutting the multiple circuit board includes separating the adjacent product regions in which the waveform wires alternately pass along one cut line,

the one cut line passes a location to separate the waveform depicted by the waveform wires into two half waveforms in which a plurality of convex parts are alternately arranged at opposite sides to each other with gaps, and

the plurality of scanning lines are connected to the waveform wires at the convex sides,

the waveform wires have branch wires entering the adjacent product regions from the concave sides opposite to the convex parts,

the plurality of scanning lines of the respective product regions abut the plurality of scanning lines of the adjacent product regions,

one of the pair of scanning lines adjacent to each other in the adjacent product regions is connected to the waveform wire at the convex side and the other is connected to the waveform wire at the concave side via the branch wire, and

the cutting the multiple circuit board includes cutting the branch wires along the one cut line.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 22, 2025
From: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
To: MAGNOLIA WHITE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 072130/0313 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 6, 2014
From: AGATA, KENTARO
To: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
Reel/Frame 032825/0804 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-120108 · Jun 6, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
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