IP Library Granted Patent US 7,714,973
Granted Patent B2
US 7,714,973 · App. 11/655,979 · Granted May 11, 2010

Liquid crystal display device and manufacturing method thereof

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Patent No.
US 7,714,973
App. No.
11/655,979
Granted
May 11, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

A liquid crystal display device of the present invention prevents certainly disconnection and electrical short of a wiring pattern of a flexible wiring board, and enhances bond strength between a liquid crystal panel and the flexible wiring board. A liquid crystal panel is provided with substrates, a liquid crystal and external connection terminals formed on one substrate. A flexible wiring board includes a wiring pattern connected with the external connection terminals of the liquid crystal panel. An anisotropic conductive film electrically connects between the external connection terminals of the liquid crystal panel and the wiring pattern of the flexible wiring board. And the anisotropic conductive film is extended from a formation area of the external connection terminals to an outside area along the flexible wiring board.

Claims (48)

1. A liquid crystal display device, comprising:

a liquid crystal panel which is provided with a substrate, a liquid crystal, and external connection terminals formed on the substrate;

a flexible wiring board which includes a wiring pattern connected with the external connection terminals of the liquid crystal panel;

an anisotropic conductive film which electrically connects between the external connection terminals of the liquid crystal panel and the wiring pattern of the flexible wiring board, and which is extended from a formation area of the external connection terminals to an outside area of the liquid crystal panel; and

an insulating protection film coated on the flexible wiring board to keep a predetermined distance from an edge of the liquid crystal panel, the anisotropic conductive film overlapping with a part of the insulating protection film,

wherein said predetermined distance prevents said insulating protection film from overlapping with said liquid crystal panel in a direction perpendicular to an extension of the substrate.

2. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein the anisotropic conductive film is extended from an edge of the flexible wiring board to an inside area of the liquid crystal panel.

3. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein the flexible wiring board and the liquid crystal panel are connected by thermo compression bonding using the anisotropic conductive film.

4. A manufacturing method for connecting a flexible wiring board in a liquid crystal display device, said manufacturing method comprising:

setting a liquid crystal panel which is provided with a substrate, a liquid crystal, and external connection terminals formed on the substrate;

sticking an anisotropic conductive film on a formation area of the external connection terminals;

attaching a flexible wiring board on the anisotropic conductive film at a position aligned with the external connection terminals of the liquid crystal panel;

attaching a cushioning on the flexible wiring board;

setting a hot-pressing tool above the cushioning;

thermo-compressing a stuck area of the anisotropic conductive film by using the hot-pressing tool; and

coating an insulating protection film on the flexible wiring board to keep a predetermined distance from an edge of the liquid crystal panel,

wherein the anisotropic conductive film is formed from a formation area of the external connection terminals to an outside area along the flexible wiring board, and

wherein the anisotropic conductive film is extended to an outside area of the edge of the liquid crystal panel and overlaps with a part of the insulating protection film, and

wherein said predetermined distance prevents said insulating protection film from overlapping with said liquid crystal panel in a direction perpendicular to an extension of the substrate.

5. The manufacturing method according to claim 4 , wherein the anisotropic conductive film is extended from an edge of the flexible wiring board to an inside of the liquid crystal panel.

6. The manufacturing method according to claim 4 , further comprising forming a chamfer outside the formation area of the external connection terminals in a periphery of the substrate,

wherein the anisotropic conductive film is extended along the chamfer from the formation area of the external connection terminals of the liquid crystal panel and is stuck to the chamfer.

7. A manufacturing method for connecting a flexible wiring board in a liquid crystal display device, said manufacturing method comprising:

setting a liquid crystal panel which is provided with a substrate, a liquid crystal, and external connection terminals formed on the substrate;

sticking an anisotropic conductive film on a formation area of the external connection terminals;

attaching a flexible wiring board on the anisotropic conductive film at a position aligned with the external connection terminals of the liquid crystal panel;

attaching a cushioning on the flexible wiring board;

setting a hot-pressing tool above the cushioning at inside the liquid crystal panel;

setting a pressing tool above the cushioning at outside the liquid crystal panel;

thermo-compressing a stuck area of the anisotropic conductive film; and

coating an insulating protection film on the flexible wiring board to keep a predetermined distance from an edge of the liquid crystal panel,

wherein the anisotropic conductive film is formed from a formation area of the external connection terminals to an outside area along the flexible wiring board, and

wherein the anisotropic conductive film is extended to an outside area of the edge of the liquid crystal panel and overlaps with a part of the insulating protection film, and

wherein said predetermined distance prevents said insulating protection film from overlapping with said liquid crystal panel in a direction perpendicular to an extension of the substrate.

8. The manufacturing method according to claim 7 , wherein a thermo-compressing is performed so that the flexible wiring board is mechanically depressed below the surface of the liquid crystal panel by using the pressing tool while case-hardening the anisotropic conductive film by using the hot-pressing tool.

9. The manufacturing method according to claim 7 , wherein the anisotropic conductive film is extended from an edge of the flexible wiring board to an inside of the liquid crystal panel.

10. The manufacturing method according to claim 7 , further comprising:

forming a chamfer outside the formation area of the external connection terminals in a periphery of the substrate,

wherein the anisotropic conductive film is extended along the chamfer from the formation area of the external connection terminals of the liquid crystal panel and is stuck to the chamfer.

11. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a chamfer which is formed outside the formation area of the external connection terminals in a periphery of the substrate,

wherein the anisotropic conductive film is extended along the chamfer and is stuck to the chamfer.

12. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein said anisotropic conductive film extends beyond the liquid crystal panel, said outside area being distanced away from the liquid crystal panel in a direction of an extension of the anisotropic conductive film.

13. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein said anisotropic conductive film overlaps with the part of the insulating protection film in a location in said outside area such that said location does not overlap with said liquid crystal panel in a direction perpendicular to an extension of the substrate.

14. The manufacturing method according to claim 4 , wherein said anisotropic conductive film extends beyond the liquid crystal panel, said outside area being distanced away from the liquid crystal panel in a direction of an extension of the anisotropic conductive film.

15. The manufacturing method according to claim 4 , wherein said anisotropic conductive film overlaps with the part of the insulating protection film in a location in said outside area such that said location does not overlap with said liquid crystal panel in a direction perpendicular to an extension of the substrate.

16. The manufacturing method according to claim 7 , wherein said anisotropic conductive film extends beyond the liquid crystal panel, said outside area being distanced away from the liquid crystal panel in a direction of an extension of the anisotropic conductive film.

17. The manufacturing method according to claim 7 , wherein said anisotropic conductive film overlaps with the part of the insulating protection film in a location in said outside area such that said location does not overlap with said liquid crystal panel in a direction perpendicular to an extension of the substrate.