IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,973,173
Granted Patent B2
US 11,973,173 · App. 17/372,692 · Granted Apr 30, 2024

Display device

Inventors: Jinsic Min (Hwaseong-si, KR); Changsub Jung (Hwaseong-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
H01L33/62G09G3/32H01L27/156
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Patent No.
US 11,973,173
App. No.
17/372,692
Granted
Apr 30, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes a substrate including a display region and a pad region, a driving integrated circuit contacting the substrate at the pad region and including first to third test bumps receiving test signals and a circuit wire connected to each of the first to third test bumps, test pads in the pad region, through which the test signals are provided to the driving integrated circuit and including first to tenth test pads, and connection wires in the pad region, through which the test signals are provided to the test bumps from the test pads and including a first connection wire connecting the first test pad to the first test bump, second and third connection wires connecting the second and third test pads, respectively, to the second test bump, and fourth and fifth connection wires connecting the fourth and fifth test pads, respectively, to the third test bump.

Claims (77)

1. A display device comprising:

a substrate including:

a display region including a display structure which displays an image, and

a pad region through which an electrical signal is provided to the display region;

a driving integrated circuit which contacts the substrate at the pad region thereof and includes:

a plurality of test bumps which receive test signals from outside the driving integrated circuit, the plurality of test bumps including a first test bump, a second test bump and a third test bump,

a first region including both the first test bump and the second test bump,

a second region including the third test bump and spaced apart from the first region, and

a circuit wire commonly connected to each of the first test bump, the second test bump and the third test bump;

a plurality of test pads in the pad region and through which the test signals are provided to the driving integrated circuit from outside the substrate, the plurality of test pads including first to tenth test pads spaced apart from the driving integrated circuit and arranged along a first direction; and

a plurality of connection wires in the pad region and through which the test signals are provided to the plurality of test bumps from the plurality of test pads, the plurality of connection wires including:

a first connection wire which connects the first test pad to the first test bump of the driving integrated circuit;

second and third connection wires which connect the second and third test pads, respectively, to the second test bump of the driving integrated circuit; and

fourth and fifth connection wires which connect the fourth and fifth test pads, respectively, to the third test bump of the driving integrated circuit.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the driving integrated circuit further includes:

a third region and a fourth region spaced apart from each of the first region and the second region,

the first region and the third region spaced apart from each other along the first direction,

the second region and the fourth region spaced apart from each other along the first direction,

the first region and the second region spaced apart from each other along a second direction crossing the first direction, and

the third region and the fourth region spaced apart from each other along the second direction.

3. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the driving integrated circuit further includes:

the plurality of test bumps further including fourth and fifth test bumps, and

a third region including both the fourth and fifth test bumps and spaced apart from each of the first region and the second region.

4. The display device of claim 3 , wherein within the driving integrated circuit the circuit wire is commonly connected to the first to fifth test bumps.

5. The display device of claim 3 , wherein the plurality of connection wires further includes sixth and seventh connection wires which connect the sixth and seventh test pads, respectively, to the fourth test bump.

6. The display device of claim 3 , wherein the driving integrated circuit further includes:

a plurality of output signal bumps through which the electrical signal is provided to the display region of the substrate from the driving integrated circuit, and

each of the plurality of output signal bumps between the first region including the first and second test bumps and the third region including the fourth and fifth test bumps.

7. The display device of claim 6 , wherein the plurality of output signal bumps of the driving integrated circuit are electrically connected to the display structure of the display region.

8. The display device of claim 3 , wherein the driving integrated circuit further includes:

the plurality of test bumps further including a sixth test bump, and

a fourth region including the sixth test bump and spaced apart from each of the first region, the second region and the third region.

9. The display device of claim 8 , wherein within the driving integrated circuit the circuit wire is commonly connected to the first to sixth test bumps.

10. The display device of claim 9 , wherein the plurality of connection wires further includes:

eighth and ninth connection wires which connect the eighth and ninth test pads, respectively, to the sixth test bump; and

a tenth connection wire which connects the tenth test pad to the fifth test bump.

11. The display device of claim 8 , wherein the driving integrated circuit further includes:

a plurality of input signal bumps through which the electrical signal is provided to the driving integrated circuit from outside thereof, and

each of the plurality of input signal bumps between the second region including the third test bump and the fourth region including the sixth test bump.

12. The display device of claim 11 , further comprising:

a plurality of signal pads in the pad region and through which the electrical signal is provided to the driving integrated circuit from outside thereof, and

the plurality of signal pads adjacent to the first to tenth test pads along the first direction.

13. The display device of claim 12 , wherein within the pad region, the plurality of input signal bumps of the driving integrated circuit are electrically connected to the plurality of signal pads.

14. The display device of claim 8 , wherein the driving integrated circuit further includes:

first, second, third, and fourth corners, and

among the first to sixth test bumps:

the first and second test bumps are closest to the first corner,

the third test bump is closest to the second corner,

the fourth and fifth test bumps are closest to the third corner, and

the sixth test bump is closest to the fourth corner.

15. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the pad region is adjacent to one side of the display region.

16. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the driving integrated circuit further includes:

a body portion;

the first test bump, the second test bump and the third test bump each exposed outside of the body portion; and

the circuit wire embedded in the body portion and commonly connected to each of the first to third test bumps.

17. A display device comprising:

a substrate including:

a display region including a display structure,

a pad region through which an electrical signal is provided to the display region;

a plurality of test pads in the pad region and through which electrical test signals are provided to the pad region from outside the substrate; and

a plurality of connection wires in the pad region and through which the electrical test signals are provided from the plurality of test pads,

a driving integrated circuit which contacts the substrate at the pad region thereof, the driving integrated circuit including:

a plurality of test bumps which are connected to the plurality of test pads by the plurality of connection wires and receive the electrical test signals from the plurality of test pads, and

a circuit wire commonly connected to each of the plurality of test bumps;

wherein the plurality of connection wires of the substrate includes:

a first connection wire which connects a first test pad among the plurality of the test pads of the substrate to a first test bump among the plurality of test bumps of the driving integrated circuit; and

a plurality of second connection wires which are different from the first connection wire and respectively connects a plurality of second test pads different from the first test pad among the plurality of the test pads of the substrate to a same second test bump different from the first test bump among the plurality of test bumps of the driving integrated circuit.

18. The display device of claim 17 , wherein within the driving integrated circuit, the first test bump which is connected to the first test pad by the first connection wire and the same second test bump which is connected to the plurality of second test pads different from the first test pad by the plurality of second connection wires, respectively, are at opposing sides of the driving integrated circuit.

19. The display device of claim 17 , wherein

the substrate further includes:

a plurality of signal pads in the pad region and through which the electrical signal is provided to the driving integrated circuit from outside the substrate, and

an edge which is furthest from the display region with the pad region therebetween and extends along a first direction,

the driving integrated circuit further includes:

a plurality of input signal bumps through which the electrical signal is provided to the driving integrated circuit from the plurality of signal pads of the substrate, and

a plurality of output signal bumps through which the electrical signal is provided to the display region of the substrate from the driving integrated circuit,

along the edge of the substrate the plurality of signal pads are adjacent to the plurality of test pads along the first direction, and

within the driving integrated circuit the plurality of output signal bumps are adjacent to the first test bump along the first direction.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 12, 2021
From: MIN, JINSIC; JUNG, CHANGSUB
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 056864/0138 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2020-0119712 · Sep 17, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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