IP Library Granted Patent US 8,248,569
Granted Patent B2
US 8,248,569 · App. 12/926,408 · Granted Aug 21, 2012

Display device

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Patent No.
US 8,248,569
App. No.
12/926,408
Granted
Aug 21, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes a display panel, and a semiconductor chip having plural bump electrodes and mounted on a substrate constituting the display panel. The plural bump electrodes include a first bump electrode arranged in the vicinity of a center for a longitudinal direction of the semiconductor chip, and a second bump electrode arranged in the vicinity of an end portion in the longitudinal direction of the semiconductor chip. The semiconductor chip has one or more than one conductive layer inside. Assuming that a surface of the semiconductor chip having the bump electrodes formed thereon is a lower side, the number of the conductive layers formed on the second bump electrode is greater than the number of the conductive layers formed on the first bump electrode. The conductive layer formed on the first and the second bump electrode includes a dummy conductive layer. Further, the plural bump electrodes are electrically connected to a wiring layer formed on a substrate constituting the display panel through an anisotropic conductive film.

Claims (10)

1. A semiconductor chip comprising:

a semiconductor substrate having a short side and a long side;

a plurality of bump electrodes formed over the semiconductor substrate, and arranged along the long side,

wherein the plurality of bump electrodes include a first bump electrode arranged in the vicinity of a center portion of the long side and a second bump electrode arranged in the vicinity of an end portion of the long side,

wherein the height from the semiconductor substrate to the second bump is greater than the height from the semiconductor substrate to the first bump,

wherein the first bump and the second bump are connected to a substrate of a display device through an anisotropic conductive film,

wherein the semiconductor chip comprises one or more than one metal layers between the semiconductor substrate and the plurality of bump electrodes,

wherein the number of the metal layers between the semiconductor substrate and the second bump is greater than the number of the metal layers between the semiconductor substrate and the first bump, and

wherein the metal layers between the second bump and the semiconductor chip comprise a dummy layer.

2. A semiconductor chip according to claim 1 , wherein the first bump and the second bump are formed on one of the metal layers, and the height of the first bump and the height of the second bump from one of the metal layers are the same.

Assignments (8)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 10, 2025
From: JAPAN DISPLAY INC
To: MAGNOLIA PURPLE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 071890/0202 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 17, 2023
From: HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD.
To: JAPAN DISPLAY EAST, INC.
Reel/Frame 065614/0223 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 17, 2023
From: JAPAN DISPLAY EAST, INC.
To: JAPAN DISPLAY, INC.
Reel/Frame 065614/0644 →
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Nov 17, 2023
From: JAPAN DISPLAY, INC.
To: JAPAN DISPLAY, INC.
Reel/Frame 065654/0250 →
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Nov 17, 2023
From: PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
Reel/Frame 065615/0327 →
MERGER Recorded Dec 13, 2011
From: IPS ALPHA SUPPORT CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 027482/0140 →
ATTACHED ARE (1) THE COMPANY SPLIT DOCUMENTS IN JAPANESE WITH ENGLISH TRANSLATION THEREOF AND (2) THE CERTIFICATE OF COMPANY SPLIT DOCUMENT IN JAPANESE WITH ENGLISH TRANSLATION, WHICH TOGETHER CONVEY 50% OWNERSHIP OF THE REGISTERED PATENTS AS LISTED IN THE ATTACHED TO EACH OF THE RECEIVING PARTIES (SEE PAGE 10, EXHIBIT 2-1, SECTION 1 OF THE ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF THE COMPANY SPLIT PLAN.) Recorded Dec 13, 2011
From: HITACHI, DISPLAYS, LTD.
To: HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD.; IPS ALPHA SUPPORT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 027615/0589 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 16, 2010
From: ISAMI, HIRONOBU; MAKISHIMA, TATSUO
To: HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 025318/0800 →