Flexible printed circuit boards structure

US2016174376A1 · US · A1

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Publication numberUS-2016174376-A1
Application numberUS-201414905728-A
CountryUS
Kind codeA1
Filing dateJul 24, 2014
Priority dateJul 24, 2013
Publication dateJun 16, 2016
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A flexible printed circuit board installed on a substrate in a display device is provided.

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1 . A structure of a flexible printed circuit board comprising: a substrate; and two or more flexible printed circuit boards positioned at edges on the substrate, wherein an anode lead terminal and a cathode lead terminal are installed on an end portion of one side of the flexible printed circuit board to protrude in a length direction of the flexible printed circuit board and an anode pad and a cathode pad are mounted on an end portion of the other side of the flexible printed circuit board, and the anode lead terminal and the cathode lead terminal of any one of the flexible printed circuit boards correspondingly overlap the anode pad and the cathode pad of the end portion of another neighboring flexible printed circuit board to conduct electricity with each other through a conductive material. 2 . A structure of a flexible printed circuit board comprising: a substrate; a pair of lower flexible printed circuit boards facing each other at edges on the substrate and provided with anode pads and cathode pads mounted on end portions of both sides thereof; and a pair of upper flexible printed circuit boards facing each other at edges on the substrate and provided with anode lead terminals and cathode lead terminals installed on end portions of both sides thereof to protrude in a length direction thereof, wherein the anode lead terminal and the cathode lead terminal of the upper flexible printed circuit board, which neighbors the lower flexible printed circuit board, correspondingly overlap the anode pad and the cathode pad of the lower flexible printed circuit board to conduct electricity with each other through a conductive material. 3 . The structure of claim 1 , wherein the flexible printed circuit board is a bar-type flexible printed circuit board. 4 . The structure of claim 1 , wherein the flexible printed circuit board has a width of 1 to 5 mm. 5 . The structure of claim 1 , wherein the anode pad and the cathode pad mounted on the flexible printed circuit board are mounted in parallel to each other in a direction that is perpendicular to the length direction of the flexible printed circuit board. 6 . The structure of claim 1 , wherein the conductive material is formed by soldering. 7 . The structure of claim 6 , wherein solder that is used for the soldering is any one of brass solder, silver solder, german silver solder, manganese solder, gold solder, a lead-tin alloy, a lead-tin-zinc alloy, a lead-cadmium alloy, zinc-cadmium solder and a lead-tin-bismuth-based alloy. 8 . The structure of claim 1 , wherein the flexible printed circuit board has a multilayer structure including two or more layers. 9 . The structure of claim 8 , wherein the anode lead terminal and the cathode lead terminal protrude from an end portion of an uppermost layer of the flexible printed circuit board in the length direction of the flexible printed circuit board. 10 . The structure of claim 1 , further comprising an anisotropic conductive film positioned between the substrate and the flexible printed circuit board to correspond to the flexible printed circuit board. 11 . The structure of claim 2 , wherein the flexible printed circuit board is a bar-type flexible printed circuit board. 12 . The structure of claim 2 , wherein the flexible printed circuit board has a width of 1 to 5 mm. 13 . The structure of claim 2 , wherein the anode pad and the cathode pad mounted on the flexible printed circuit board are mounted in parallel to each other in a direction that is perpendicular to the length direction of the flexible printed circuit board. 14 . The structure of claim 2 , wherein the conductive material is formed by soldering. 15 . The structure of claim 14 , wherein solder that is used for the soldering is any one of brass solder, silver solder, german silver solder, manganese solder, gold solder, a lead-tin alloy, a lead-tin-zinc alloy, a lead-cadmium alloy, zinc-cadmium solder and a lead-tin-bismuth-based alloy. 16 . The structure of claim 2 , wherein the flexible printed circuit board has a multilayer structure including two or more layers. 17 . The structure of claim 16 , wherein the anode lead terminal and the cathode lead terminal protrude from an end portion of an uppermost layer of the flexible printed circuit board in the length direction of the flexible printed circuit board. 18 . The structure of claim 2 , further comprising an anisotropic conductive film positioned between the substrate and the flexible printed circuit board to correspond to the flexible printed circuit board.

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  • H05K1/142Primary

    Arrangements of planar printed circuit boards in the same plane, e.g. auxiliary printed circuit insert mounted in a main printed circuit · CPC title

  • H05K1/118Primary

    specially for flexible printed circuits, e.g. using folded portions · CPC title

  • Bending or folding regions of flexible printed circuits (H05K1/0283 takes precedence) · CPC title

  • Display · CPC title

  • Pads for surface mounting, e.g. lay-out · CPC title

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What does patent US2016174376A1 cover?
A flexible printed circuit board installed on a substrate in a display device is provided.
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Lg Chemical Ltd
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification H05K1/142. Mapped technology areas include Electricity.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Thu Jun 16 2016 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (A1). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).