Display device
View Patent ↗According to an aspect, a display device includes: a substrate including a display region and a non-display region surrounding the display region; at least one driver IC including connecting terminals with a first surface fixed to face the non-display region; first wires supplying a signal to the display region; first bumps connected with the first wires; second wires transferring a signal to and from outside; second bumps connected with the second wires; and inspection wires. The connecting terminals of the driver IC include first connecting terminals overlapping the first or second bumps in plan view, and a second connecting terminal not overlapping the first or second bumps in plan view. At least one inspection wire includes a connecting conductor between itself and the second connecting terminal, and at least one fuse portion, a narrower width part of the inspection wire in plan view.
1. A display device comprising:
a substrate including a display region and a non-display region that is disposed on a periphery of the display region;
at least one driver IC including a plurality of connecting terminals, and having a first surface that is fixed to face the non-display region;
a plurality of first wires that supply a signal to the display region;
a plurality of first bumps electrically connected with the respective first wires;
a plurality of second wires that input and output a signal from and to an outside;
a plurality of second bumps electrically connected with the respective second wires;
a plurality of inspection wires; and
a plurality of inspection bumps electrically connected with the respective inspection wires, wherein
the connecting terminals of the at least one driver IC comprise a plurality of first connecting terminals overlapping the respective first bumps or the respective second bumps in plan view, and at least one second connecting terminal not overlapping the first bumps or the second bumps in plan view,
at least one of the inspection wires includes a connecting conductor between itself and the at least one second connecting terminal,
the inspection wires are pulled out to an outside of the at least one driver IC in plan view,
a first end of each of the inspection wires is electrically connected with the corresponding inspection bump, and a set of second ends of two of the inspection wires overlaps with the at least one second connecting terminal in plan view, and
the two inspection wires each include a first narrow width portion where a part of the corresponding inspection wire is narrower in width than a basic width of the corresponding inspection wire in plan view, the first narrow width portion being arranged between the corresponding inspection bump and the at least one second connecting terminal.
2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein
the connecting terminals are arranged to form a plurality of columns in a longitudinal direction of the at least one driver IC in plan view, and
the at least one second connecting terminal overlapping the inspection wires in plan view is arranged in an inside column among the columns in a short direction of the at least one driver IC.
3. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein
the at least one second connecting terminal, the first connecting terminals, and the at least one second connecting terminal are sequentially arranged in a longitudinal direction of the at least one driver IC in plan view.
4. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein
the at least one second connecting terminal comprises a plurality of second connecting terminals, and
the second connecting terminals, the first connecting terminals, and the second connecting terminals are sequentially arranged in a longitudinal direction of the at least one driver IC in plan view.
5. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein
the at least one second connecting terminal is closer to a short side of the at least one driver IC than the first connecting terminals are, in a longitudinal direction of the at least one driver IC in plan view.
6. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein
eight of the inspection wires are pulled out to an outside of the at least one driver IC in plan view, and the at least one inspection wire including the first narrow width portion extends closer to the first bumps than to the second bumps.
7. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein
the at least one second connecting terminal comprises a plurality of second connecting terminals, and
two of the inspection wires overlap the respective second connecting terminals adjacent to each other in plan view, and the second connecting terminals adjacent to each other are short-circuited inside the at least one driver IC.
8. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein
two of the inspection wires both overlap the at least one second connecting terminal in plan view.
9. The display device according to claim 1 ,
wherein each of the two inspection wires further includes a second narrow width portion where a part of the corresponding inspection wire is narrower in width than the basic width of the corresponding inspection wire in plan view, and
wherein the length of the first narrow width portion is different from a length of the second narrow width portion.