JP2591653Y2 - Liquid crystal display - Google Patents

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Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a liquid crystal display device, and more particularly to a liquid crystal display device in which a liquid crystal display panel and a driving circuit for driving the display are modularized. . 2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, as an alternative to a CRT display device, an article “Flat Panel Display Aiming at Display of Documents and Images” in the Nikkei Electronics January 2, 1984 issue has been disclosed. Using a liquid crystal display,
Development of various display devices, such as those using an electroluminescence display and those using a plasma display, is underway.Currently, the potential of liquid crystal displays is low in terms of low power consumption and large capacity. Is highly valued. [0003] By using such a liquid crystal display device,
A small television receiver of 3 inch type or 5 inch type, which is called a pocket television, has been realized. However, the liquid crystal display device of the existing pocket television receiver is
A liquid crystal display panel and a drive circuit board for displaying the liquid crystal display panel are separately provided in a receiver, and most of these types are connected by flexible lead wires. In this case, the assembling work of the liquid crystal display device such as the connecting work of the flexible lead wire becomes complicated, and furthermore, the driving circuit board is provided outside the liquid crystal display panel, and the existence of the dead space for the assembling of these driving circuit boards. This limits the miniaturization of the television receiver itself. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned point, and disperses each input terminal to a side and another side so that a margin in arrangement density of each terminal occurs. In addition, by effectively utilizing the limited sides of the display panel, the size of the apparatus can be reduced as a result. A liquid crystal display device according to the present invention comprises a liquid crystal display panel having a display area and a frame-shaped circuit board provided with a drive circuit for driving the liquid crystal display panel. The liquid crystal display panel has a timing signal input terminal on one side of the display area and a video signal input terminal on the other side of the display area. The gist is that input terminals are provided, respectively, and a liquid crystal display panel drive signal is supplied from the circuit board via each of the input terminals. In this case, more specifically, the electrical connection means is made of zebra rubber having an anisotropic conductive portion,
Compression interposed between the terminals of both the liquid crystal display panel and the circuit board. Further, the timing signal input terminals are provided on left and right sides which are one direction sides of the liquid crystal display panel, and the video signal input terminals are provided on the upper and lower sides which are other directions sides of the liquid crystal display panel. Can be That is, a circuit board provided with a drive circuit for driving the liquid crystal display panel is laminated on one surface of the liquid crystal display panel having a display area, and an electrical connection between the circuit board and the liquid crystal display panel is provided. By placing the frame in a state where the above operation has been performed, the outer dimensions of the frame can be reduced. In addition, each input terminal is distributed to the side and the other side, so that the arrangement density of each terminal has a margin and the limited side of the display panel is effectively used. In this case, the circuit board is provided with a timing signal output terminal and a video signal output terminal on the sides corresponding to the input terminals of the liquid crystal display panel, respectively. It is desirable to connect the input terminal, the video signal input terminal, the timing signal output terminal, and the video signal output terminal. [0008] Then, the limited side of the display panel is effectively used, and the outer peripheral portion of the circuit board is also effectively used. As a result, the size of the device is reduced. Further, in this case, it is desirable that ICs for generating the timing signal and the video signal are dispersedly arranged on the circuit board. In this case, the limited area on the circuit board is effectively used, and as a result, the circuit board has a small area. FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a liquid crystal display device according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view thereof, and FIGS. . As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the liquid crystal display device according to the present embodiment performs a light-permissive pixel display by performing a shutter action on a pixel-by-pixel basis with respect to natural light or light from a backlight. 1, a circuit board 2 on which a drive circuit for driving the circuit board 2 is formed, and a zebra rubber 3 for electrically connecting the panel 1 and the circuit board 2 to each other.
These are integrally housed in a frame-shaped metal frame 8, 9 having a display window provided with two front and rear sides to form a module. Hereinafter, each component will be described in detail. As shown in the plan view of FIG. 3A and the side view of FIG. 3B, the liquid crystal display panel 1 has two glass substrates 1 provided with electrodes.
A liquid crystal substance is interposed between a and 1b, and polarizing plates 1c and 1c are adhered to outer surfaces of the two glass substrates 1a and 1b, respectively. As this liquid crystal display panel 1, an active matrix type in which a TFT is coupled to each pixel electrode as disclosed in JP-A-58-25689 is employed, and the panel size is 107 mm × 129.
An image display area (indicated by a broken line in the figure) has a size of 76 mm × 100 mm at the center with respect to mm. Note that, of the two substrates 1a and 1b, the terminal-provided substrate 1a on which the TFT is provided has a larger area than the other substrate 1b. That is, the TFT o is provided at the peripheral portion of the terminal-attached substrate 1a which is further extended from the outer peripheral portion of the other substrate 1b.
Timing signal input terminals (left and right sides) 1e and 1e for n and off control and video signal input terminals (upper and lower sides) 1f and 1f are formed. Accordingly, since the external dimensions of the liquid crystal display panel 1 to be modularized are determined by the substrate with terminals 1a,
A cross mark point mark 1d for alignment is formed at each corner of the terminal-attached substrate 1a. As shown in FIG. 4, the circuit board 2 is formed of a printed board on which circuit elements are mounted and wired, and has a frame shape whose outer dimensions are almost equal to those of the liquid crystal display panel 1, and a rectangular window 2c at the center thereof has a liquid crystal. It is set to match the effective image display area 1g at the center of the display panel 1 or to be wider than that. The circuit elements of the substrate 2 include:
There are an IC 2b for generating a timing signal or a video signal for driving the liquid crystal display panel 1 and a chip component 2e such as a resistor. The surface of the substrate 2 (the surface facing the liquid crystal display panel 1) has, for example, 15 Are mounted, and, for example, nine chip components 2e are mounted on the back side thereof. In the peripheral portion of the substrate 2, corresponding to the respective terminals of the liquid crystal display panel 1, timing signal output terminals (left and right sides) 2d, 2d and video signal output terminals (upper and lower sides) 2f, 2f is provided. Further, two flexible flat lead wires 1 are provided on the back side of the substrate 2.
0, 10 '. G. FIG. Two terminals to which a B image signal, an IC control signal, and the like are input are provided. The electrical connection between the circuit board 2 and the liquid crystal display panel 1 is made by zebra rubber 3 which is compressed between both terminals.
However, at this time, the corresponding terminals of both of them must be exactly facing up and down. For this purpose, point marks 2a are formed at the respective corners of the circuit board 2 in the same manner as the liquid crystal display panel 1, and the positions of the marks 1d... The corresponding terminals 1 face up and down, and accurate connection with the zebra rubbers 3. The zebra rubber 3 has a sandwich structure in which an anisotropic conductive portion 3a is sandwiched between two insulating portions 3b, 3b, and has an appropriate compression ratio (15%).
(Before and after), and a good electrical connection is made. As such a zebra rubber 3, for example, a product name "SR connector" manufactured by Shin-Etsu Polymer Co., Ltd. can be used. The combination of the liquid crystal display panel 1, the circuit board 2, and the zebra rubber 3 is basically housed in the metal frames 8, 9, but the circuit board 2 has an IC 2b mounted on its front and back surfaces. And the frame-shaped mold plates 4 and 5 for protecting the chip components 2e and the spacers 6 are joined by an adhesive or a double-sided tape. As shown in the plan view of FIG. 5A and the side view of FIG.
It has a frame shape that almost matches the shape of the IC2b on the surface of the circuit board 2.
Relief holes 4a... For resin potting are formed at locations corresponding to. That is, instead of separately providing a frame for resin potting for each of the ICs 2b... Bonded to the circuit board 2 by die bonding, wire bonding, or the like, this one first mold plate 4 is relieved. The holes 4a form a frame for resin potting for all the ICs 2b at one time. Therefore, resin is potted (dropped) onto the ICs 2b exposed from the relief holes 4a, and the resin is naturally solidified, whereby the resin molding of the ICs 2b can be performed. However, at this time, if the resin at the time of potting has a gap between the circuit board 2 and the first mold plate 4, the potting resin flows out of the gap and the terminal 2
Since d, 2d, 2f, and 2f may be insulated from each other, it is necessary to prevent a step from occurring especially in the IC 2b of the circuit board 2... Accordingly, in the circuit board 2 of this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 6, a solder resist 2g (shown by hatching), which is a surface insulating film of a printed board on which a metal wiring pattern forming the circuit board 2 is formed, is used for IC (2b). By coating so as to surround the electrode portion, the IC 2b... As described above, since there is no gap between the circuit board 2 and the first mold plate 4 in the surrounding area of the IC 2b, it is necessary to apply an adhesive to the entire joint surface of the two 2 and 4. Alternatively, the two and the four may be adhered to each other with only a few adhesives. As described above, the first mold plate 4 is provided with IC2b.
Of the first mold plate 4
Along with the second mold plate 5 as shown in the plan view of FIG. 7A and the side view of FIG. 7B, cutouts 4c, 5b,. Part 4c…, 5b…
The zebra rubbers 3 enter the rubber and the rubbers 3 are positioned. Also, the first and second mold plates 4,
5 is located between the liquid crystal display panel 1 and the circuit board 2, so that the point marks 1d
, 2a are formed at respective corners of the first and second mold plates 4, 5 with through holes 4b, 5a. Notches may be formed in place of the through holes 4b, 5a. These frame-shaped first and second mold plates 4,
Although the outer dimensions of the second mold plate 5 are substantially the same as those of the first mold 4, the inner dimensions of the second mold plate 5 are larger. On the other hand, the inner dimension (opening dimension) of the second mold plate 5 is larger than the outer dimension of the glass substrate 1b below the liquid crystal display panel 1 which is close to the second mold plate 5 to prevent them from coming into contact with each other. The first and second mold plates 4 and 5 are made of an insulating material such as an epoxy resin or a silicone resin, for example, and can be integrally formed. As shown in the plan view of FIG. 8 (a) and the side view of FIG. 8 (b), the spacers 6 are provided on the back surface of the circuit board 2 at locations corresponding to the respective chip components 2e. Holes 6a are formed. The material of the spacer 6 may be the same as that of the mold plates 4 and 5. Further, the spacer 6 has relief holes 6a 'and 6a''for soldering portions of two input terminals for flexible flat lead wires provided at two places on the back side of the circuit board 2, and the holes 6a'.
, 6a '' in the same direction from the soldered part (bottom in the figure)
As shown in the plan view of FIGS.
A concave groove 6b having a minimum necessary depth for releasing the thickness of the flexible flat lead wires 10, 10 'is formed on the surface facing the circuit board 2 in a pattern shown by hatching in FIG. That is, the longer lead wire 10 is
The shorter lead wire 10 ′ is drawn downward from the position in the groove 6 b and further downward from the lower hole 6 a ″ position.
Is superimposed. Incidentally, soldering portions 10a, 10b, 10a ', 10b' are provided at both ends of each lead wire 10, 10 '. Therefore, there is no gap between the circuit board 2 and the spacer 6 due to the presence of the lead wire 10. This is important in terms of preventing the above-described compression strain on the zebra rubber 3, and avoids poor conduction of the zebra rubber 3. The above liquid crystal display panel 1, mold plate 4,
The circuit board 2 to which the spacer 5 and the spacer 6 are joined, and the zebra rubber 3 between the two 1 and 2 are made of a frame-shaped backside metal frame 8 formed by pressing an iron plate as shown in FIG. 10 and an iron plate as shown in FIG. Are elastically sandwiched by a frame-shaped front side metal frame 9 formed by press molding. Fig. 10, Fig.
In both cases, (a) is a plan view, (b) to (c) are side views,
And (f) are enlarged cross-sectional views. That is, the elastic locking pieces 8a on the outer peripheral wall of the rear metal frame 8 are formed at the tongue holes 9a formed at the tongue portions of the outer peripheral wall of the front metal frame 9.
And the two frames 8, 9 joined thereby.
The zebra rubbers 3 are compressed appropriately between them. Therefore, the peripheral portion of the surface of the liquid crystal display panel 1 is pressure-bonded to the inner surface of the metal frame 9 on the front side. In this embodiment, the glass substrate 1a of the panel 1 is prevented from breaking. In addition, a cushion member 7 made of four strip-shaped Teflon sheets is interposed between these 1 and 9. In addition, it is possible to use the cushion member 7 integrally in a frame shape, but in any case, it is necessary to exclude the point marks 1d... Of the liquid crystal display panel 1 at each corner.
In this connection, window holes 9c are formed at the corners of the front side metal frame 9 so that the point marks 1d, 2d on the liquid crystal display panel 1 and the circuit board 2 can be visually recognized. Further, screw holes 8b... 9b... For finally screwing and fixing these two metal frames 8 and 9 are provided in the respective peripheral wall portions of these two metal frames 8 and 9. A slit 8c is formed in the peripheral wall of the metal frame 8 so that the two flexible flat lead wires 10 and 10 'which are superposed together are drawn out to the outside. Next, the assembly of each component as described above will be briefly described. First, the circuit board 2 to which the spacer 6 and the mold plates 4 and 5 are joined is disposed in the back metal frame 8 fixed to the jig. At this time, the flexible flat lead wires 10, 10 'are drawn out of the slit 8c. In this state, the notches 4c, 5b of the mold plates 4, 5 are formed.
The terminals 2b, 2b, 2f, 2f exposed from the above are surrounded by the mold plates 4, 5 and the peripheral wall of the back side metal frame 8, and the zebra rubber 3 is inserted at this position. That is, these mold plates 4 and 5 and the back metal frame 8 are used as a zebra rubber position defining material. Thereafter, the terminals 1e, 1e, 1f, 1f of the liquid crystal display panel 1 are mounted on the four zebra rubbers 3. At this time, the four corner point marks 1d of the liquid crystal display panel 1 are accurately matched with the four corner point marks 2a of the circuit board 2. In this state, the front-side metal frame 9 is placed via the cushion members 7 and pressed downward to elastically couple the two frames 8 and 9 together.
Finally, if the above-mentioned point marks 1d, 2a,... Visible from the four corner window holes 9c of the front side metal frame 9 can be confirmed again, the two metal frames 8, 9 are screwed into the screw holes 8b.
…, 9b… and fix with screws. Thus, a modularized liquid crystal display device is completed. As described above, since each of the plate-like components is pressed by the elastic force of the zebra rubbers 3 in the frames 8 and 9 as described above, if there is a gap or a step in each of the components, the components are compressed. In the state of the present embodiment, the zebra rubbers 3 are in a state where a compressive strain is caused to cause a conduction failure between the liquid crystal display panel 1 and the circuit board 2, but this problem is solved. That is, even if the flexible flat lead wire is partially interposed, as described above, the gaps and steps are eliminated by forming the recessed groove in the spacer 6 to reduce the compressed state of the zebra rubbers 3. They are even. According to the liquid crystal display device of the present invention, a circuit board provided with a driving circuit for driving the liquid crystal display panel is laminated on one surface of the liquid crystal display panel having a display area. When the circuit board and the liquid crystal display panel are electrically connected to each other and housed in a frame, the outer dimensions of the frame can be reduced. In addition, each input terminal is distributed to the side and the other side, so that the arrangement density of each terminal has a margin and the limited side of the display panel is effectively used. Therefore, the size of the apparatus can be reduced as a whole.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of an embodiment of the liquid crystal display device of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a sectional view of the device of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing components of the device of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing components of the device of the present invention. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing components of the device of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing components of the device of the present invention. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing components of the device of the present invention. FIG. 8 is a diagram showing components of the device of the present invention. FIG. 9 is a diagram showing components of the device of the present invention. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing components of the device of the present invention. FIG. 11 is a diagram showing components of the device of the present invention. [Description of Signs] 1 Liquid crystal display panel 2 Circuit board 3 Zebra rubber 4 Mold plate 5 Mold plate 6 Spacer 7 Cushion material 8 Metal frame 9 Metal frame 10 Flexible flat lead wire 10 'Flexible flat lead wire

   ────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of front page    (72) Inventor Takashi Obata               2-5-5 Keihanhondori, Moriguchi-shi, Osaka               Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.                (56) References Japanese Utility Model Showa 60-68515 (JP, U)                 60-78075 (JP, U)

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(57) [Rules for requesting registration of utility model] Liquid crystal display panel having display area and liquid crystal display panel
A frame-shaped circuit board provided with a drive circuit for driving the
In a state where they are stacked via electrical connection means.
To pay, the one-way of the display area on the liquid crystal display panel
A timing signal input terminal is provided on the side, and a video signal input terminal is provided on the other side of the display area in the other direction , and the circuit board is connected via these input terminals.
A liquid crystal display device to which the liquid crystal display panel drive signal is supplied .