JP2008079179A - Flat image display module - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a flat image display module which is compact and small in thickness in spite of having a speaker unit and from which a clear sound can be heard while observing display of a satisfactory quality. <P>SOLUTION: A sound source unit 3 is arranged within a bottom plate recess part 411 within an external case 4, and a back light unit 2 and a liquid crystal display unit 1 are fitted and housed one by one on this. In the sound source unit 3, a disk-like piezoelectric ceramic plate 31 oscillating sound waves, a circular spacer 33 extending to the whole periphery of the front face opposing an optical reflection sheet 25 and a segmental spacer 34 provided with an opening part 341 at the periphery of a rear surface opposing an external case bottom plate 41 are respectively installed between the back light unit 2 and an external case bottom plate 42. The opening part 341 of the segmental spacer 34 is communicated with a sound guiding path 5. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a flat image display module including a speaker device.

  2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, flat image display panels (hereinafter referred to as FPD (Flat Panel Display)) that are convenient for miniaturization and thinning, such as liquid crystal display panels and organic EL displays, are frequently used as displays for mobile devices such as mobile phones.

  On the other hand, mobile phones are evolving from simple telephones to multifunction devices having functions such as TVs and PDAs (Personal Data Assistants), and as a display used in such mobile devices, not only displays images. A speaker device that emits sound is also required.

As an example of an FPD of a mobile device provided with a speaker device, a vehicle-mounted liquid crystal display panel as shown in Patent Document 1 is known.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 62-231847

  In the above-described in-vehicle liquid crystal display panel, a video display and a speaker device are arranged in parallel on the front surface of the device. If the speaker device is arranged in parallel with the video display on the front side of the device in this way, the entire area of the device is increased, which is contrary to the demand for downsizing, and both the thinness and the downsizing of mobile phones are required. Not suitable as a display for mobile devices.

  Therefore, a display module has been proposed in which a speaker device is installed on the back of the video display to avoid an increase in the overall area. In this case, a display defect is likely to occur because the back of the display is vibrated, In addition, since sound waves are emitted to the back side of the display module, there is a problem in that clear sound cannot be provided to a display observer positioned on the front side (front side of the display module) of the display.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a flat-type image display module that is capable of listening to clear sound while observing a display having a small size and a thin shape and good quality despite the speaker device.

  The flat image display module of the present invention is provided on both sides of a flat image display panel and a piezoelectric film which is installed on the back side opposite to the observation side of the display of the flat image display panel and vibrates according to an applied voltage. A piezoelectric sound source element in which a pair of electrodes are electrically connected to each other; a sound guide path for guiding sound waves oscillated from the piezoelectric sound source element to a display viewing side; and the image display panel and the piezoelectric sound source element. A first spacer that is interposed between the back surface of the image display panel and the entire periphery of the surface of the piezoelectric film that faces the back surface, and that surrounds a closed space; and It has a 2nd spacer provided with the notch part which is interposed between the back surface peripheral edge and the said case, and connects the space which formed the enclosure to the said sound guide path.

  According to the flat image display module of the present invention, the back side of the sound wave oscillated on the front and back sides of the piezoelectric film in the piezoelectric sound source element installed on the back side of the image display panel (the back side facing the outer case) ) Is selectively guided to the front side of the module through the sound guide path, so that the light reflection sheet on the back of the image display panel is vibrated by the sound wave without causing a display defect. Sound waves are efficiently guided to the front side of the module, and clear sound can be heard while observing the display.

  FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a liquid crystal display module as an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line II-II, and FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view thereof.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the liquid crystal display module of the present embodiment is generally composed of a liquid crystal display unit 1, a backlight unit 2, a sound source unit 3, and an exterior case 4.

  The liquid crystal display unit 1 includes a liquid crystal display panel 12 housed in a panel case 11, and the liquid crystal display panel 12 forms a pair of rectangles with electrodes (not shown) formed thereon as shown in FIG. The glass substrates 121 and 122 are bonded to each other with the electrode forming surfaces facing each other with a frame-shaped sealing material (not shown) while maintaining a predetermined gap, and a liquid crystal is sandwiched between the glass substrates 121 and 122 surrounded by the frame-shaped sealing material. (Not shown) is enclosed. The panel case 11 is provided with a window 111 for observing the display. A flexible wiring board 13 that supplies a control signal voltage for driving liquid crystal from an external drive control circuit board (not shown) is conductively bonded to the liquid crystal display panel 12.

  On the back side opposite to the display side of the display of the liquid crystal display unit 1, a backlight unit 2 is installed. The backlight unit 2 includes a light guide plate 21 formed of a substantially transparent rectangular plate, and an LED (Light-Emitting Diode) 22 as a point light source element disposed to face one end surface (light incident end surface) of the light guide plate 21. The circuit board 23 on which the power supply wiring circuit for the LED 22 is formed, the optical sheet laminate 24 arranged on the light emitting surface of the light guide plate 21 (the front surface facing the liquid crystal display panel 12), and the rear surface of the light guide plate 21. The light reflecting sheet 25 and the like are configured. In the present embodiment, three LEDs 22 are disposed to be evenly opposed to the light incident end face of the light guide plate 21, and these three LEDs 22 are directly mounted on the circuit board 23. In addition, as shown in FIG. 2, the optical sheet laminate 24 includes two prism sheets 241 and 242 that align the light emission direction and a light diffusion sheet 243 that are sequentially stacked on the light emission surface of the light guide plate 21. It becomes.

  A sound source unit 3 is installed on the back side of the backlight unit 2. The sound source unit 3 includes a disk-shaped piezoelectric ceramic plate 31, a pair of strip-shaped thin film electrodes 32 a and 32 b that are conductively attached to both surfaces, and a piezoelectric ceramic plate 31 and a backlight unit 2. An annular spacer 33 as a first spacer, a missing annular spacer 34 as a second spacer interposed between the piezoelectric ceramic plate 31 and the outer case 4, and the piezoelectric ceramic plate 31 via thin film electrodes 32a and 32b. The sound source signal input flexible wiring board 35 is provided with wiring for applying the sound source signal voltage.

  Here, each of the annular spacer 33 and the missing annular spacer 34 is formed of an elastic material such as urethane foam, and elastically holds the peripheral edge of the piezoelectric ceramic plate 31. 3 is provided to obtain the third effect.

  The first effect is an effect as a spacer for sufficiently securing a gap larger than the amplitude when the piezoelectric ceramic plate 31 vibrates.

  The second effect is an effect as a cushion for not transmitting the vibration of the piezoelectric ceramic plate 31 to other members. In particular, in the case of the liquid crystal display module as in this embodiment, it is possible to prevent the liquid crystal display panel 12 from causing vibrations and causing display defects.

  And the 3rd effect is an effect as a separator which isolate | separates each sound wave oscillated from the both surfaces when the piezoelectric ceramic board 31 vibrates. In this case, the spacer 33 installed on the front surface of the piezoelectric ceramic plate 31 (the surface facing the light reflecting sheet 25 of the backlight unit) is formed in an annular shape to contain sound waves generated from the front surface of the piezoelectric ceramic plate 31. The front is surrounded all around. On the other hand, the non-circular spacer 34 provided on the rear surface of the piezoelectric ceramic plate 31 is formed in a non-circular shape in which a part of the circular ring is notched and an opening 341 is provided, and a sound wave oscillated from the rear surface. The opening 341 is positioned in the direction in which the light is to propagate. That is, the opening 341 of the missing annular spacer 34 communicates the space formed between the piezoelectric ceramic plate 31 and the case bottom 41 by the missing annular spacer 34 to a sound guide path described later. Thus, the sound wave oscillated from the rear surface of the piezoelectric ceramic plate 31 is propagated from the opening 311 to the sound guide path, and a clear sound is obtained on the front side where the display is observed.

  Since the front surface of the piezoelectric ceramic plate 31 is surrounded by the annular spacer 33 to form a closed space and the sound wave oscillated from the front surface of the piezoelectric ceramic plate 31 is sealed, the piezoelectric ceramic plate of the backlight unit 2 is configured. The resonance phenomenon caused by the sound wave oscillated from the front surface of the light reflecting sheet 25 facing the front surface of the light source 31 is suppressed, and as a result, the occurrence of image display failure or the like in the liquid crystal display unit 1 is avoided.

  Further, as described above, the sound wave is confined by the annular spacer 33 to suppress the resonance of the light reflecting sheet 25, thereby preventing the charging caused by the resonance of the light reflecting sheet 25 and charging the light reflecting sheet 25. Abnormal vibration of the piezoelectric ceramic plate 31 due to electric charges does not occur.

  The sound source signal input flexible wiring board 35 is formed by using an insulating resin film such as a polyimide film as a base film 351, and two wirings 352 and 353 are formed on one surface of the base film 351 by patterning copper foil by photolithography. ing. Connection terminals 352a and 352b and connection terminals 353a and 353b are formed at both ends of each wiring 352 and 353, respectively. Each of the connection terminals 352a and 353a of the wirings 352 and 353 is solder-bonded to the other end portions of the pair of thin film electrodes 32a and 32b whose one end portions are conductively bonded to both surfaces of the piezoelectric ceramic plate 31, respectively. The The sound source signal input flexible wiring board 35 is disposed on the back side in such a manner that the wiring forming surface faces the backlight unit 2.

  The liquid crystal display unit 1, the backlight unit 2, and the sound source unit 3 described above are housed in an outer case 4. The exterior case 4 of the present embodiment is obtained by processing a sheet metal material, and is generally formed in a rectangular box shape with an open top surface having a flat outer shape that can be fitted and housed with the liquid crystal display unit 1 and the backlight unit 2. . A rectangular recess 411 extending over the entire length in the longitudinal direction is formed at the center of the bottom plate 41 of the exterior case 4. The sound source unit 3 is housed and mounted in the recess 411.

  Of the four side plates of the outer case 4, a sound guide path for guiding sound waves is formed on the side plate 42 opposed to the opening 341 of the missing annular spacer 3 4 in the sound source unit 3 mounted in the recess 411. A convex portion 421 is formed. The convex portion 421 is provided so as to correspond to one end portion of the concave portion 411 of the bottom plate 41, and thus both spaces of the concave portion 411 and the convex portion 421 communicate with each other.

  Note that two openings 431 and 432 are respectively formed over a predetermined length in one side plate 43 of the pair of longitudinal side plates. The openings 431 and 432 are openings for drawing out the flexible wiring board 13 bonded to the liquid crystal display panel 11 and the sound source signal input flexible wiring board 35 of the sound source unit 3 to the outside of the outer case 4.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the sound source unit 3 is attached to the outer case 4 formed as described above. In this case, the back surface of the base film 351 of the sound source signal input flexible wiring board 35 on which the wirings 352 and 353 are not formed is mounted so as to be in contact with the bottom plate 41 of the exterior case 4. As a result, of the wirings 352 and 353, the connection terminals 352a and 353a to which the insulating coat film (not shown) is not applied are short-circuited with the exterior case 4 formed of a conductive sheet metal material, and a signal serving as a sound source The voltage is prevented from leaking to the outer case 4.

  In the exterior case 4 to which the sound source unit 2 is mounted, the backlight unit 2 and the liquid crystal display unit 1 are sequentially fitted and housed. In this state, the sound guide path 5 is surrounded by the convex portion 421 of the side plate 42 and the corresponding end surfaces of the backlight unit 2 and the liquid crystal display unit 1 accommodated therein. The sound guide path 5 guides useful sound waves oscillated from the rear surface thereof when the piezoelectric ceramic plate 31 vibrates from the opening 341 of the annular spacer 34 to the front surface (module front surface) of the liquid crystal display panel 11. Is provided. Therefore, the sound wave oscillated from the rear surface of the piezoelectric ceramic plate 31 according to the input signal voltage travels into the sound guide path 5 from the opening 341 of the missing annular spacer 34, and this sound guide path 5. While propagating inside, the sound pressure (volume) is amplified to some extent and released to the display surface (front surface) side of the liquid crystal display panel 11. As a result, the viewer of the present liquid crystal display module can observe the video displayed on the liquid crystal display panel 11 and listen to clear sound related thereto.

  As described above, in the liquid crystal display module of the present embodiment, the sound source unit 3 is installed so as to overlap the back surface (rear surface) side of the liquid crystal display unit 1, and the sound wave emitted from the sound source unit 3 is transmitted to the front side of the liquid crystal display unit 1. Since the sound guide path 5 is formed on the side surface of the module, an increase in the area of the entire liquid crystal display module due to the provision of the speaker device can be minimized. As a result, it is possible to reduce the size and thickness of an applied product such as a mobile phone on which the liquid crystal display module with the speaker device is mounted.

  Then, a closed space is formed between the entire peripheral edge of the front surface of the piezoelectric ceramic plate 31 and the light reflection sheet 25 of the backlight unit 2 facing the piezoelectric ceramic plate 31 with an annular spacer 33 interposed therebetween. Since the sound wave emitted from the front surface of the liquid crystal display panel is confined, the resonance of the light reflecting sheet 25 due to the sound wave is suppressed. As a result, the occurrence of display failure of the liquid crystal display panel 1 is avoided and the light reflecting sheet 25 due to resonance is avoided. Noise from the sound due to the charging of the sound is prevented.

  Further, a notched annular spacer 34 having an opening 341 is interposed between the rear peripheral edge of the piezoelectric ceramic plate 31 and the exterior case bottom surface 41 facing the piezoelectric ceramic plate 31, and each emitted from both the front and rear surfaces of the piezoelectric ceramic plate 31. Since the sound wave is separated, only useful sound waves emitted from the rear surface where the missing annular spacer 34 is installed are selectively emitted from the spacer opening 341 to the module front side via the sound guide path 5. A clear voice without noise can be heard while observing a high quality display on the front side of the display module.

  Further, since the rear surface opposite to the wiring forming surface of the sound source signal input flexible wiring board 35 is arranged toward the exterior case 4, wiring exposed portions such as the connection terminals 352a and 353a of the wirings 352 and 353 are provided. Occurrence of a problem of leakage to the outer case 4 formed of a conductive sheet metal is prevented, and the reliability as a display module is improved.

  In addition, since the sound guide path 5 is formed by surrounding the outer case side plate 42 and the side end surfaces of the liquid crystal display unit 1 and the backlight unit 2 without using a dedicated member, an increase in the number of parts is suppressed, and Since the sound source unit 3 is housed and integrated with the liquid crystal display unit 1 or the backlight unit 2 in one exterior case 4, it is very easy to design a component arrangement in a device in which the liquid crystal display module is mounted. The mounting and assembling work is also simplified, contributing to a reduction in manufacturing man-hours.

  Next, a modification of the above embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. In addition, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected about the component same as the said embodiment, and the description is abbreviate | omitted.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the liquid crystal display module of the present embodiment is a stereo sound type liquid crystal display module including a pair of sound source units 3 and 6. That is, in addition to the sound source unit 3 provided in the liquid crystal display module of the above embodiment, the sound source unit 6 having substantially the same configuration is divided into two in the longitudinal direction (left and right direction of the screen) of the display surface of the liquid crystal display module. They are arranged symmetrically with respect to the line.

  In this case, the piezoelectric ceramic plate 61 to which the pair of electrodes 62a and 62b having the same configuration is conductively attached corresponding to the piezoelectric ceramic plate 31 to which the pair of electrodes 32a and 32b is conductively attached is connected to the annular spacer 33 and the missing portion. Corresponding to the annular spacer 34, an annular spacer 63 and a missing annular spacer 64 having the same configuration are arranged symmetrically with respect to the center line. However, separate flexible wiring boards for sound source signal input are not installed, but a single flexible wiring board 65 is installed.

  Accordingly, in the outer case 7, convex portions 721 and 721 for constituting a sound guide path are formed symmetrically on the pair of short side plates 72 and 72, respectively, and the long side plate 73 is similar to the above embodiment. The control signal input flexible wiring board 13 and the sound source signal input flexible wiring board 65 for the liquid crystal display unit 1 are each provided with one opening 731 and 732 for drawing out the case 7. As a result, as shown in FIG. 5, a liquid crystal display module with a stereo sound system speaker device having a pair of sound guide paths 8 and 9 on the left and right of the module display surface is obtained.

  According to the flat liquid crystal display module of the present modification configured as described above, a speaker device capable of listening to clear sound with little noise and a display capable of observing a high-quality display image are provided, and an applied product is small and thin. In addition to the same effect as that of the above-described embodiment, the sound can be heard clearly in a stereo manner.

In addition, this invention is not limited to said embodiment.
In the above embodiment, the exterior cases 4 and 7 are formed by processing a sheet metal material of a conductor. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the exterior case may be molded using an insulating resin material. In this case, since the outer case becomes an insulator, the sound source signal leaks through the case even if the non-electrode forming surface (rear surface) of the insulating base film in the flexible wiring board for sound source signal input is not placed facing the case. There is an advantage that the risk of this is eliminated.

  In addition, the present invention is not limited to a liquid crystal display module with a backlight, but can be widely applied to other various flat image display modules such as a reflective liquid crystal display module, an organic EL (Electro Luminescence) display, and a plasma display. Of course.

It is a perspective view which shows the liquid crystal display module as one Embodiment of this invention. It is typical sectional drawing which cut | disconnects and shows the said liquid crystal display module by the II-II line | wire of FIG. It is a disassembled perspective view of the said liquid crystal display module. It is a disassembled perspective view which shows the modification of the said liquid crystal display module. It is a perspective view which shows the modification of the said liquid crystal display module.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Liquid crystal display unit 11 Panel case 111 Display window 12 Liquid crystal display panel 121,122 Glass substrate 13 Flexible wiring board 2 Backlight unit 21 Light guide plate 22 LED
24 Optical sheet laminate 25 Light reflecting sheet 3, 6 Sound source units 31, 61 Piezoelectric ceramic plates 32a, 32b
62a, 62b Thin-film electrodes 33, 63 Circular spacers 34, 64 Missing annular spacers 35, 65 Sound source signal input flexible wiring boards 4, 7 Exterior case 41 Bottom plate 411 Recess 42 Side plate 421 Protrusion 5, 8 Sound conducting path

Claims (4)

A flat image display panel;
A piezoelectric sound source element that is installed on the back side opposite to the observation side of the display of the flat-type image display panel and is made of a piezoelectric film that vibrates according to an applied voltage;
An outer case that houses the image display panel and the piezoelectric sound source element, and that forms a sound guide path that guides sound waves oscillated from the piezoelectric sound source element to the viewing side of the display;
A first spacer that is interposed between the back surface of the image display panel and the entire periphery of the front surface of the piezoelectric film facing the back surface, and surrounds a closed space;
A second spacer provided between the rear peripheral edge of the piezoelectric film and the case and provided with a notch for communicating a space formed with the sound guide path;
A flat-type image display module comprising:   The flat image display module according to claim 1, wherein both the first spacer and the second spacer are formed of an elastic body.   3. The flat image display module according to claim 1, wherein the sound guide path is formed by a space surrounded by a side surface of the flat image display panel and a corresponding side wall of the exterior case. .   The flat image display panel is a liquid crystal display panel in which a liquid crystal is sandwiched between a pair of substrates, and further includes a surface-emitting backlight that irradiates light in a planar shape on the back surface of the liquid crystal display panel. The flat image display module according to any one of claims 1 to 3.

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