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US 7,705,952 · App. 11/593,551 · Granted Apr 27, 2010

Electronic device with uniform-resistance fan-out blocks

Assignee: AU Optronics Corporation
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Patent No.
US 7,705,952
App. No.
11/593,551
Granted
Apr 27, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides an electronic device and manufacturing method thereof. The interconnecting leads of adjacent fan-out blocks have different heights along boundary area, thereby making the resistance of the adjacent interconnecting leads uniform and ensuring the quality of the electronic device.

Claims (34)

1. An electronic device comprising:

a plurality of first leads;

a plurality of second leads; and

at least two fan-out blocks adjacent to each other and respectively connected between the first leads and the second leads, each of said fan-out blocks comprising a plurality of interconnecting leads, each of the interconnecting leads having:

a first routing portion coupled to one of the first leads;

a second routing portion coupled to one of the second leads; and

an intermediate portion located between the first routing portion and the second routing portion, the intermediate portion and the second routing portion meeting at an intersection point, wherein a segment between the intersection point and the second lead is defined as an intercept length of the second routing portion;

wherein the intercept lengths of the second routing portions of two adjacent outmost interconnecting leads of said adjacent fan-out blocks are different.

2. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the second routing portion of each of said interconnecting leads has routing trace style of a straight line, a bow-shaped line, a zigzag line, a serpentine line, or a combination thereof.

3. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first routing portion of each of said interconnecting leads has routing trace style of a straight line, a bow-shaped line, a zigzag line, a serpentine line, or a combination thereof.

4. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said electronic device is an LCD panel, said first leads connecting with a plurality of bonding pads in a bonding area of said LCD panel.

5. The electronic device as claimed in claim 4 , wherein said second leads comprise data lines of said LCD panel.

6. The electronic device as claimed in claim 4 , wherein said second leads comprise gate lines of said LCD panel.

7. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein difference in resistance between said two adjacent outmost interconnecting leads in said adjacent fan-out blocks is less than 10Ω.

8. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said interconnecting leads in each of said fan-out blocks have uniform resistance.

9. The electronic device as claimed in claim 8 , wherein a ratio of maximum resistance to minimum resistance of said interconnecting leads in each of said fan-out blocks is less than 3.

10. A method of generating a circuit on a substrate, the circuit having uniform resistance for an electronic device, the method comprising:

providing a plurality of first leads and a plurality of second leads;

constructing a first fan-out block connecting between the first leads and the second leads, said first fan-out block comprising a plurality of interconnecting leads, each of the interconnecting leads having:

a first routing portion coupled to one of the first leads;

a second routing portion coupled to one of the second leads; and

an intermediate portion located between the first routing portion and the second routing portion, the intermediate portion and the second routing portion meeting at an intersection point, wherein a segment between the intersection point and the second lead is defined as an intercept length of the second routing portion;

constructing a second fan-out block adjacent to said first fan-out block, wherein the intercept lengths of the second routing portions of two adjacent outmost interconnecting leads in said second fan-out block and said first fan-out block are different; and

constructing routing in the second routing area and the first routing area in said second fan-out block.

11. The method as claimed in claim 10 , wherein said electronic device is an LCD panel, said first leads connecting with a plurality of bonding pads in a bonding area of said LCD panel.

12. The method as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the second routing portion of each of said interconnecting leads has routing trace style of a straight line, a bow-shaped line, a zigzag line, a serpentine line, or a combination thereof.

13. The method as claimed in claim 10 , wherein said routing in the second routing area is constructed before said routing in the first routing area.

14. The method as claimed in claim 10 , wherein said routing in the second routing area is constructed after said routing in the first routing area.

15. The method as claimed in claim 10 , wherein:

if the outmost interconnecting lead in said second fan-out block has a resistance less than the resistance of the outmost interconnecting lead in said first fan-out block, then the intercept length of the outmost interconnecting lead in said second fan-out block is longer than the intercept length of the outmost interconnecting lead in said first fan-out block; and

if the outmost interconnecting lead in said second fan-out block has a resistance larger than the resistance of the outmost interconnecting lead in said first fan-out block, then the intercept length of the outmost interconnecting lead in said second fan-out block is shorter than the intercept length of the outmost interconnecting lead in said first fan-out block.

16. The method as claimed in claim 10 , wherein difference in resistance between said two adjacent outmost interconnecting leads in said first fan-out block and said second fan-out block is less than 10Ω.

17. The method as claimed in claim 10 , wherein said interconnecting leads have uniform resistance respectively in said first fan-out block and said second fan-out block.

18. The method as claimed in claim 17 , wherein a ratio of maximum resistance to minimum resistance of said interconnecting leads is less than 3 respectively in said first fan-out block and said second fan-out block.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 7, 2006
From: LEE, MING-CHIN; LAI, MING-SHENG
To: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 018525/0452 →
Priority Claims (1)
TW 95105826 A · Feb 21, 2006 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20070195254A1 · Aug 23, 2007