Flexible wiring board and display device
A flexible wiring board (a first wiring board) includes: an insulating substrate which is flexible; a first terminal which is conductive and is disposed on the insulating substrate; a second terminal which is conductive and is disposed on the insulating substrate; and a no-connection (NC) terminal which is conductive and is disposed on the insulating substrate between the first terminal and the second terminal. The first terminal, the NC terminal, and the second terminal are arranged at a uniform pitch in an arranging direction that is predetermined, and a width of the NC terminal in the arranging direction is smaller than a width of the first terminal in the arranging direction and a width of the second terminal in the arranging direction.
1. A flexible wiring board, comprising:
an insulating substrate which is flexible;
a plurality of first conductive terminals disposed along an edge of the insulating substrate;
a plurality of second conductive terminals disposed along the edge of the insulating substrate; and
a single conductive no-connection (NC) terminal disposed on the edge of the insulating substrate between the plurality of first terminals and the plurality of second terminals, wherein
the plurality of first terminals, the NC terminal, and the plurality of second terminals are arranged at a uniform pitch in an arranging direction that is a direction in which the edge extends,
a width of the NC terminal in the arranging direction is smaller than a width of each of the plurality of first terminals in the arranging direction and a width of each of the plurality of second terminals in the arranging direction,
a first voltage is applied to the plurality of first terminals,
a second voltage that is different from the first voltage is applied to the plurality of second terminals, and
the NC terminal is maintained in a floating state.
2. The flexible wiring board according to claim 1 , wherein
the width of the NC terminal in the arranging direction is less than half the uniform pitch.
3. The flexible wiring board according to claim 1 , wherein
the width of each of the plurality of first terminals in the arranging direction and the width of each of the plurality of second terminals in the arranging direction are greater than half the uniform pitch.
4. A display device, comprising:
the flexible wiring board according to claim 1 ; and
a display panel with which the flexible wiring board is connected, wherein
the display panel includes:
a plurality of first conductive panel terminals disposed opposite the plurality of first terminals;
a plurality of second conductive panel terminals disposed opposite the plurality of second terminals; and
a single conductive panel NC terminal disposed opposite the NC terminal, and
the plurality of first panel terminals, the panel NC terminal, and the plurality of second panel terminals are arranged at the uniform pitch in the arranging direction.
5. A flexible wiring board that is connected with a display panel, wherein
the display panel includes:
a plurality of first panel terminals that are conductive;
a plurality of second panel terminals that are conductive; and
a single panel no-connection (NC) terminal which is conductive and is disposed between the plurality of first panel terminals and the plurality of second panel terminals, and
the first panel terminal terminals, the panel NC terminal, and the second panel terminals are arranged at a uniform pitch in an arranging direction that is predetermined, and
the flexible wiring board comprises:
an insulating substrate which is flexible;
a plurality of first conductive terminals disposed along an edge of the insulating substrate extending in the arranging direction, the plurality of first terminals being connected with the plurality of first panel terminals; and
a plurality of second conductive terminals disposed along the edge of the insulating substrate, the plurality of second terminals being connected with the plurality of second panel terminals, and
the flexible wiring board includes a surface between the plurality of first terminals and the plurality of second terminals, the surface being entirely formed using an insulating material,
a first voltage is applied to the plurality of first terminals,
a second voltage that is different from the first voltage is applied to the plurality of second terminals, and
a distance between the plurality of first terminals and the plurality of second terminals is twice the uniform pitch.
6. A display device, comprising:
the flexible wiring board according to claim 5 ; and
the display panel.