Liquid crystal panel and thin film transistor array substrate thereof
View Patent ↗The present invention provides a thin film transistor (TFT) array substrate which includes: a substrate; a display region formed on the substrate; a flexible printed circuit disposed on the substrate and located at one side of the display region; a control chip disposed between the display region and the flexible printed circuit, and two sides of the flexible printed circuit going beyond two corresponding sides of the control chip, respectively; a first reinforcement member disposed at a first side of the control chip, and the first side being adjacent to one side of the control chip that faces the display region; a second reinforcement member disposed at a second side of the control chip opposite to the first side; and a third reinforcement member covering the control chip, the first reinforcement member and the second reinforcement member.
1. A thin film transistor (TFT) array substrate, comprising:
a substrate;
a plurality of thin film transistors (TFTs) arranged on the substrate in an array form, wherein a region occupied by the plurality of TFTs is a display region;
a flexible printed circuit disposed on the substrate and located at one side of the display region;
a control chip disposed between the display region and the flexible printed circuit, and two sides of the flexible printed circuit going beyond two corresponding sides of the control chip, respectively;
a first reinforcement member disposed at a first side of the control chip, and the first side being adjacent to one side of the control chip that faces the display region
a second reinforcement member disposed at a second side of the control chip opposite to the first side; and
a third reinforcement member covering the control chip, the first reinforcement member and the second reinforcement member;
wherein both the first reinforcement member and the second reinforcement member comprise: a reinforcement body, a first glue receiving groove formed by one side of the reinforcement body that faces the display region being recessed, and a second glue receiving groove formed by a connection of one side of the reinforcement body that faces the control chip with one side of the reinforcement body that is opposite to the display region being recessed.
2. The TFT array substrate of claim 1 , wherein upper surfaces of the first reinforcement member and the second reinforcement member are aligned with an upper surface of the control chip.
3. The TFT array substrate of claim 1 , wherein end portions of the flexible printed circuit that go beyond sides of the control chip are engaged in the second glue receiving groove.
4. The TFT array substrate of claim 3 , wherein the third reinforcement member comprises: a reinforcement body, and two third glue receiving grooves formed by two ends of the reinforcement body that face one side of the display region being recessed respectively.
5. The TFT array substrate of claim 4 , wherein the third glue receiving groove corresponds to the first glue receiving groove up and down.
6. The TFT array substrate of claim 5 , wherein glues are spilled into the first glue receiving groove, the second glue receiving groove and the third glue receiving groove, so as to fix the first reinforcement member, the second reinforcement member and the third reinforcement member.
7. The TFT array substrate of claim 1 , wherein the third reinforcement member comprises: a reinforcement body, and two third glue receiving grooves formed by two ends of the reinforcement body that face one side of the display region being recessed respectively.
8. The TFT array substrate of claim 7 , wherein the third glue receiving groove corresponds to the first glue receiving groove up and down.
9. The TFT array substrate of claim 8 , wherein glues are spilled into the first glue receiving groove, the second glue receiving groove and the third glue receiving groove, so as to fix the first reinforcement member, the second reinforcement member and the third reinforcement member.
10. The TFT array substrate of claim 1 , further comprising: a conductive tape disposed on the third reinforcement member; one end of the conductive tape extending to a region between the display region and the control chip, to electrically connect the control chip; and the other end of the conductive tape extending to the flexible printed circuit, to electrically connect a ground terminal on the flexible printed circuit.
11. The TFT array substrate of claim 1 , wherein the first reinforcement member, the second reinforcement member and the third reinforcement member are all made of polyethylene terephthalate (PET).
12. A liquid crystal panel, comprising a thin film transistor (TFT) array substrate and a color filter substrate coupled with each other, and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the TFT substrate and the color filter substrate, wherein the TFT array substrate comprises:
a substrate;
a plurality of thin film transistors (TFTs) arranged on the substrate in an array form, wherein a region occupied by the plurality of TFTs is a display region;
a flexible printed circuit disposed on the substrate and located at one side of the display region;
a control chip disposed between the display region and the flexible printed circuit, and two sides of the flexible printed circuit going beyond two corresponding sides of the control chip, respectively;
a first reinforcement member disposed at a first side of the control chip, and the first side being adjacent to one side of the control chip that faces the display region;
a second reinforcement member disposed at a second side of the control chip opposite to the first side; and
a third reinforcement member covering the control chip, the first reinforcement member and the second reinforcement member;
wherein both the first reinforcement member and the second reinforcement member comprise: a reinforcement body, a first glue receiving groove formed by one side of the reinforcement body that faces the display region being recessed, and a second glue receiving groove formed by a connection of one side of the reinforcement body that faces the control chip with one side of the reinforcement body that is opposite to the display region being recessed.