The present disclosure relates to the field of bonding technologies, specifically to a bonding structure, a display panel, a flexible circuit board and a display apparatus.
In a preparation process of electronic products, circuits of some components need to be lapped, and terminals used for lapping need to be aligned with each other to ensure connection of the circuits.
In current electronic products, based on requirements of improved functionality, relative miniaturization, narrow bezel, lightening and thinning, etc., the terminals of the components for lapping external circuits need a sufficient quantity but need to occupy a small enough space, that is, a quantity of the terminals and an arrangement density of the terminals are usually relatively large, and distribution positions of the terminals in the components may be biased to reserve space for setting of a circuit structure, which makes it more difficult to lap the terminals between components, and it is easy to cause poor lapping.
In view of this, the present disclosure provides a bonding structure, arrangement of pads in this bonding structure is an asymmetric structure, so that at least in a case of a bonding region bias, impedances of the pads and connection circuits thereof may be adapted to be adjusted while avoiding other circuit structures, so as to eliminate or alleviate a problem of excessive circuit impedance fluctuation caused by the bonding region bias.
A first aspect of the present disclosure provides a bonding structure, the bonding structure includes a bonding region, where the bonding region is provided with a plurality of pads, and the pads are arranged in at least one row. Lap terminals in a same row are arranged along a first reference line, extension lines of at least two pads intersect with a second reference line perpendicular to the first reference line, and an intersection point is located on a same side of the first reference line. The second reference line is parallel to and spaced apart from a symmetric axis, perpendicular to the first reference line, of the bonding region.
In the above solution, the pads are arranged in the bonding region according to a bias standard to improve a freedom degree in designing the pads, so that impedances of the pads (which may further take into account traces connected to the pads) may be adjusted according to requirements, and there is no need to re-plan relevant traces in the bonding region or a planning degree of the traces is reduced.
In a specific embodiment of the first aspect of the present disclosure, the at least two pads having extension lines intersecting with the second reference line are located on two sides of the second reference line.
In a specific embodiment of the first aspect of the present disclosure, the bonding region is divided into a first region and a second region by the second reference line, the symmetric axis passes through the second region. In a same row, a distance, to the second reference line, from a pad located in the first region and having a largest distance to the second reference line, is less than a distance, to the second reference line, from a pad, located in the second region and having a largest distance to the second reference line. For example, further, in a same row, a quantity of pads located in the first region is less than a quantity of pads located in the second region.
In a specific embodiment of the first aspect of the present disclosure, along the first reference line, a distance, to an edge of the bonding structure that is located on a side, away from the symmetric axis, of the second reference line, from a pad located in the first region and having a largest distance to the second reference line, is greater than a distance, to an edge of the bonding structure that is located on a side, away from the second reference line, of the symmetric axis, from a pad located in the second region and having a largest distance to the second reference line.
In a specific embodiment of the first aspect of the present disclosure, in a same row, an included angle between the first reference line and an extension line of a pad located on a side, away from the symmetric axis, of the second reference line and having a largest distance to the second reference line, is greater than an included angle between the first reference line and an extension line of a pad located on a side, away from the second reference line, of the symmetric axis and having a largest distance to the second reference line. That is, in a same row, an included angle between the first reference line and an extension line of a pad located in the first region and having a largest distance to the second reference line, is greater than an included angle between the first reference line and an extension line of a pad located in the second region and having a largest distance to the second reference line.
In a specific embodiment of the first aspect of the present disclosure, in a same row, pads, having extension lines intersecting with the second reference line, have a same intersection point with the second reference line.
In another specific embodiment of the first aspect of the present disclosure, in a same row, pads, having extension lines intersecting with the second reference line, are located in the first region and the second region, respectively, extension lines of two pads with equal distances to the second reference line have a same intersection point with the second reference line, and extension lines of pads with different distances to the second reference line have different intersection points with the second reference line. Further, the greater a distance from a pad to the second reference line, the greater a distance from an intersection point of an extension line of the pad and the second reference line to the first reference line.
In another specific embodiment of the first aspect of the present disclosure, in a same row, pads, having extension lines intersecting with the second reference line, are divided into at least two groups, each one of the first region and the second region has at least one group, pads in each group are adjacent in turn, extension lines of pads in a same group have a same intersection point with the second reference line, and extension lines of pads in different groups have different intersection points with the second reference line. Further, the greater a distance from a group to the second reference line, the greater a distance from an intersection point of an extension line of a pad in the group and the second reference line to the first reference line, and/or, in two groups with equal distances to the second reference line, a distance from an intersection point of an extension line of a pad in a group located in the first region and the second reference line to the first reference line, is greater than a distance from an intersection point of an extension line of a pad in a group located in the second region and the second reference line to the first reference line.
In another specific embodiment of the first aspect of the present disclosure, in a same row, pads, having extension lines intersecting with the second reference line, are divided into at least two groups, each one of the first region and the second region has at least one group, pads in each group are adjacent in turn, extension lines of pads in a same group have different intersection points with the second reference line, and extension lines of pads in different groups have different intersection points with the second reference line. Further, in an aspect, the greater a distance from a group to the second reference line, the greater a distance from an intersection point of an extension line of a pad in the group and the second reference line to the first reference line, and/or, in another aspect, in two groups with equal distances to the second reference line, a distance from an intersection point of an extension line of a pad in a group located in the first region and the second reference line to the first reference line, is greater than a distance from an intersection point of an extension line of a pad in a group located in the second region and the second reference line to the first reference line. For example, in the another aspect, further, in a same group, the greater a distance from a pad to the second reference line, the greater a distance from an intersection point of an extension line of the pad and the second reference line to the first reference line.
In a specific embodiment of the first aspect of the present disclosure, extension lines of all pads intersect with the second reference line, and the second reference line is located in a gap of two adjacent pads.
In another specific embodiment of the first aspect of the present disclosure, extension lines of pads in a part of all pads intersect with the second reference line, and extension lines of pads in the other part are parallel to the second reference line. For example, further, the pads having extension lines parallel to the second reference line are adjacent in turn and are distributed from the first region to the second region.
In a specific embodiment of the first aspect of the present disclosure, in a same row, the greater a distance from adjacent pads to the second reference line, the smaller a gap between the adjacent pads, and/or, the greater a distance from a pad to the second reference line, the smaller a cross-sectional width of the pad at the first reference line.
In another specific embodiment of the first aspect of the present disclosure, in a same row, the greater a distance from adjacent pads to the second reference line, the greater a gap between the adjacent pads, and/or, the greater a distance from a pad to the second reference line, the greater a cross-sectional width of the pad at the first reference line.
In a specific embodiment of the first aspect of the present disclosure, a pad having an extension line intersecting with the second reference line includes a first end and a second end that are opposite, a distance from the first end to the second reference line is less than a distance from the second end to the second reference line. Along a direction parallel to the first reference line, cross-sectional widths of the first end and the second end are equal, for example, further, a plane on which a side surface, facing the second reference line, of a same pad is located, is parallel to an extension line of the same pad, and a plane on which a side surface, away from the second reference line, of the same pad is located, is parallel to an extension line of the same pad; or, along a direction parallel to the first reference line, a cross-sectional width of the first end is less than a cross-sectional width of the second end, for example, further, an intersection point of the second reference line and a plane on which a side surface, facing the second reference line, of a same pad is located, is the same as an intersection point of an extension line of the same pad and the second reference line, and an intersection point of the second reference line and a plane on which a side surface, away from the second reference line, of the same pad is located, is the same as an intersection point of an extension line of the same pad and the second reference line.
A second aspect of the present disclosure provides a display panel, the display panel includes a display region and a bonding structure in the first aspect above, where the second reference line is parallel to a direction from the bonding region to the display region. For example, further, intersection points of extension lines of pads and the second reference line are located on a side, facing the display region, of the first reference line, and/or, the display panel further includes two first driving chips located between the display region and the bonding region, the two first driving chips are electrically connected to pads, and a center of a connecting line of the two first driving chips is located on the second reference line.
A third aspect of the present disclosure provides a flexible circuit board, the flexible circuit board includes a second driving chip and a bonding structure in the first aspect above, and the second driving chip is electrically connected to a pad. For example, further, the flexible circuit board further includes a connector, the connector is electrically connected to a pad, and is located on a side, away from the symmetric axis, of the second reference line.
A fourth aspect of the present disclosure provides a display apparatus, the display apparatus includes a display panel in the second aspect above and a flexible circuit board in the third aspect above, and the display panel and the flexible circuit board are bonded together by their respective bonding structures.
Technical solutions in embodiments of the present disclosure are clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings of the embodiments of the present disclosure. Apparently, the described embodiments are merely some but not all of the embodiments of the present disclosure. Based on the embodiments in the present disclosure, all other embodiments obtained by those of ordinary skill in the art without performing creative labor fall within a protection scope of the present disclosure.
A display apparatus includes a display panel and a flexible circuit board that are bonded together, the display panel and the flexible circuit board both include a bonding region and pads located in the bonding region, and the pads of the display panel and the pads of the flexible circuit board are docked with each other to realize electrical connection between the two. In a bonding process, a bonding region of a component that needs to be bonded is pressurized and heated by an indenter, so that the pads of the display panel and the flexible circuit board may be crimped together by a conductive adhesive. In the bonding process, the display panel and the flexible circuit board may be subjected to thermal expansion, which make widths of the pads on the display panel and the flexible circuit board and a gap between the pads increase, so that corresponding pads are deviated or misaligned, or even unable to be lapped with each other, finally leading to poor drive of the display apparatus.
In response to above problems, a size along a transverse direction (along a direction of arrangement of the pads, for example, an extension direction of a first reference line below) and an area of a pad can be increased by setting the pads to be inclined to reduce probability of poor lap between the pads. It should be noted that in this solution, since the bonding regions in the display panel and the flexible circuit board are usually located on a respective side and relatively middle position thereof, a central axis (perpendicular to an arrangement direction of the pads) of the bonding region is directly used as a reference line to design parameters such as arrangement positions and inclination degrees of inclined pads, and positions (affecting length), widths and the like of traces connected with the pads are adjusted adaptively, so as to adjust impedances of lines formed by the pads and corresponding connected traces.
However, with user's further demand for performance of the display apparatus, the display apparatus may face situations, such as, shape changes, adding an additional component and disposing a corresponding control circuit, and structural layout reconstruction, resulting in a region where the bonding region is located needs to be biased to avoid other circuit structures (such as a connector described below). In this case, different degrees of offset may be generated between each pad and a corresponding trace, that is, connection distances between some pads and the corresponding traces become smaller, and there are also connection distances between some pads and the corresponding traces become larger. If an impedance of an entire line remains unchanged (the impedance of each line is roughly unchanged, or an impedance difference between different lines is roughly unchanged), an arrangement position of an pad is still designed based on a central axis of the bonding region, and a layout and a width of a trace need to be changed, that is, the trace needs to be redesigned, which may greatly increase design and manufacturing costs of the entire display apparatus.
In view of the foregoing, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a bonding structure, provides a display panel and a flexible circuit board that are including the bonding structure, and provides a display apparatus including the display panel and the flexible circuit board, so as to solve technical problems faced in the above situation at least. The bonding structure includes a bonding region, in which a plurality of pads are provided, and the pads are arranged in at least one row. Pads in a same row are arranged along a first reference line, extension lines of at least two pads intersect with a second reference line perpendicular to the first reference line, an intersection point is located on a same side of the first reference line, and the second reference line is parallel to and spaced apart from a symmetric axis, perpendicular to the first reference line, of the bonding region. In the bonding structure, the pads are arranged in the bonding region based on the second reference line, and the second reference line (a dummy line) is biased relative to the bonding region (its symmetric axis), which is equivalent to arranging the pads in the bonding region according to a bias standard, so as to avoid arrangements and inclination angles of pads being limited by the symmetric axis of the bonding region, thereby improving a freedom degree in designing the pads. Thus, impedances of the pads (which may further take into account traces connected to the pads) may be adjusted according to requirements, so as to eliminate or alleviate a problem of excessive impedance fluctuation in circuits involving the pads due to the bias of the bonding region, that is, there is no need to re-plan relevant traces in the bonding region or a planning degree of the traces is reduced.
In conjunction with the accompanying drawings, structures of the bonding structure, the display panel, the flexible circuit board, and the display apparatus in at least one embodiment of the present disclosure are described below. Further, since the bonding structure may be included in the display panel and the flexible circuit board, and the display apparatus includes the display panel and the flexible circuit board, therefore, in following embodiments, the structure of the display apparatus is first described to synchronously explain the structures of the bonding structure, the display panel and the flexible circuit board.
In addition, in the drawings, a space rectangular coordinate system is established based on a plane where the bonding structure (e.g., a surface carrying the pad) is located to illustrate a position of each structure in the display apparatus. In the space rectangular coordinate system, a X axis and a Y axis are parallel to the plane where the bonding structure is located, and the X axis is parallel to an arrangement direction of pads, that is, the first reference line, the Y axis is parallel to the second reference line, and a Z axis is perpendicular to the plane where the bonding structure is located.
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It should be noted that, in the embodiments of the present disclosure, a structure of the bonding structure may be designed based on specific structural requirements of the display panel and the flexible circuit board. Therefore, before introducing specific design of the bonding structures in the display panel and flexible circuit board, specific structures of the display panel and flexible circuit board are explained as follows.
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It should be noted that, in a case that the display panel is a flexible panel (such as an Organic Light-Emitting Diode (OLED) panel), a part of the display panel located in the bezel region can be bent to a back (a side that deviates from the display side), so as to achieve narrow bezel display or bezel-less display, so that for users, the entire bezel region is visually invisible. For example, a portion of the bonding structure (including the bonding region 13) in
For the display panel, with improvement of functions and complexity of a structure, it is necessary to set up a plurality of driving chips to control functions of the display panel. In this case, a portion of the signal lines in the display panel 100 are connected to a first driving chip 110, and the other portion of the signal lines are connected to the pads 300 to be further connected to a second driving chip 220 on the flexible circuit board 200; alternatively, a portion of the signal lines are connected to the first driving chip 110, and then connected to the pads 300, and further connected to the second driving chip 220 on the flexible circuit board 200.
For example, the display panel may also include a touch structure, so the display panel needs driving chips for display function and touch function separately. In this case, as shown in
In the display panel, as shown in
In absence of a design solution for pads in the embodiments of the present disclosure, because arrangement of signal lines before extending to the bonding region 13 is set symmetrically with respect to a symmetry axis (roughly parallel to a direction from the display region to the bonding region) of the display region, the pads connected to the signal lines also need to be arranged symmetrically relative to the symmetric axis in order to facilitate planning an impedance of a structure composed of the pads and the corresponding connected signal lines. Thus, when designing an inclined pad, the symmetric axis is also be used as a reference to design a position and an inclination degree of the pad. For example, by designing a position of an intersection point of an extension line of the pad and the symmetric axis to adjust spacings and inclination angles of different pads (e.g., an included angle between the extension line of the pad and the symmetric axis or an angle complementary to the included angle), so that the pads are also roughly symmetrically arranged relative to the symmetric axis. It should be noted that in this case, a symmetric axis in the bonding region has coincided with the symmetric axis in the display region, that is, the symmetric axis of the display region is used as a reference to design the positions and the inclination degrees of the pads, and in practice, the symmetric axis of the bonding region is used as a reference to design the positions and the inclination degrees of the pads.
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For example, as shown in
It should be noted that in the embodiments of the present disclosure, a specific type of the connector is not limited, and can be designed according to an actual process and functional requirements of the display panel. For example, the connector may be a connection device electrically connected to an external circuit (such as a motherboard) so that the display panel is used to receive signals from the external circuit.
In the bonding structure provided by at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, as shown in
In this design, based on the second reference line L2, the pads 300 are arranged in the bonding region 13. In fact, it is equivalent to arranging the pads 300 in the bonding region 13 in a biased manner to match a bias situation of the bonding region, so as to adapt to adjust the impedances of the pads (which may further take into account the signal lines connected to the pads), thereby eliminating or alleviating the problem of excessive impedance fluctuation in circuits involving the pads due to the bias of the bonding region. That is, there is no need to re-plan (for example, to increase or decrease a design width of the traces) relevant traces in the bonding region or to a planning degree of the traces is reduced.
In the embodiments of the present disclosure, as shown in
In an embodiment of the present disclosure, exemplarily, as shown in
In an embodiment of the present disclosure, exemplarily, as shown in
It should be noted that in the embodiments of the present disclosure, under a premise that a reference line used for arranging the pads is biased relative to the symmetric axis of the bonding region, all the pads may be arranged by taking each pad as the smallest unit, or the pads may be grouped, and all pads are arranged by taking the group as the smallest unit. In the following, several arrangements of the pads are explained by several specific embodiments.
In some embodiments of the present disclosure, as shown in
In other embodiments of the present disclosure, in a same row, pads, having extension lines intersecting with the second reference line, are located in the first region and the second region, respectively, extension lines of two pads with equal distances to the second reference line have a same intersection point with the second reference line, and extension lines of pads with different distances to the second reference line have different intersection points with the second reference line. Thus, a part of the pads are symmetrical with respect to the second reference line, extension lines of two symmetrical pads and the second reference line intersect at a same point, and extension lines of asymmetrical pads have different intersection points with respect to the second reference line.
Exemplarily, as shown in
For example, in a case that extension lines of each two symmetrical pads intersect with the second reference line at a same point, and extension lines of asymmetrical pads intersect with the second reference line at different points, the greater the distance from a pad to the second reference line, the greater the distance from an intersection point of an extension line of the pad and the second reference line to the first reference line. For example, as shown in
It should be noted that in the embodiments of the present disclosure, the “equal” with respect to distance may be roughly equal within a certain range (negligible difference in macroscopic terms) of distance difference. For example, the “distance” may be the minimum distance from a centroid of the pad to the second reference line.
In other embodiments of the present disclosure, in a same row, in each first region and each second region, inclined adjacent pads are grouped to avoid connection of arrangement regularity of the pads located in the two regions, so that the arrangement of the pads has a greater freedom degree. In addition, by planning the arrangement of pads in a form of grouping, difficulty of layout design can still be reduced. For example, pads, having extension lines intersecting with the second reference line, are divided into at least two groups, each one of the first region and the second region has at least one group, pads in each group are adjacent in turn, extension lines of pads in a same group have a same intersection point with the second reference line, and extension lines of pads in different groups have different intersection points with the second reference line. Exemplarily, as shown in
For example, in each first region and each second region, when inclined adjacent pads are grouped and pads of a same group intersect with the second reference line at a same intersection point, an arrangement order and spacing of intersection points can be adjusted according to actual process needs to regulate a structure of pads of each group.
In a specific example, the greater the distance from a group to the second reference line, the greater the distance from an intersection point of an extension line of a pad in the group and the second reference line to the first reference line. As shown in
In another specific example, the greater the distance from a group to the second reference line, the greater the distance from an intersection point of an extension line of a pad in the group and the second reference line to the first reference line. As shown in
In other embodiments of the present disclosure, in a same row, in each first region and each second region, inclined adjacent pads are grouped to avoid connection of arrangement regularity of the pads located in the two regions, and inclination degrees of the pads in each group are further adjusted, so that the arrangement of the pads has a greater freedom degree. In addition, by planning the arrangement of pads in a form of grouping, difficulty of layout design can still be reduced. For example, pads, having extension lines intersecting with the second reference line, are divided into at least two groups, each one of the first region and the second region has at least one group, pads in each group are adjacent in turn, extension lines of pads in a same group have different intersection points with the second reference line, and extension lines of pads in different groups have different intersection points with the second reference line. Exemplarily, as shown in
For example, in each first region and each second region, when inclined adjacent pads are grouped and pads of a same group intersect with the second reference line at different intersection points, an arrangement order and spacings of intersection points can be adjusted according to actual process needs, so as to further regulate a structure of pads of each group.
In a specific example, the greater the distance from a group to the second reference line, the greater the distance from an intersection point of an extension line of a pad in the group and the second reference line to the first reference line. As shown in
In another specific example, the greater the distance from a group to the second reference line, the greater the distance from an intersection point of an extension line of a pad in the group and the second reference line to the first reference line. As shown in
It should be noted that in the embodiments of the present disclosure, a proportion of a quantity of inclined pads is not limited, and can be designed according to needs of an actual process.
In some embodiments of the present disclosure, as shown in
For example, as shown in
For example, as shown in
For example, in other embodiments of the present disclosure, as shown in
It should be noted that in the embodiments of the present disclosure, widths and gap sizes of the pads are not limited, and can be designed according to needs of an actual process. The following describes several design options for the widths and gaps of the pads.
For example, in some embodiments of the present disclosure, in a same row, the greater a distance from adjacent pads to the second reference line, the smaller a gap between the adjacent pads. Exemplarily, as shown in
For example, in some other embodiments of the present disclosure, in a same row, the greater a distance from adjacent pads to the second reference line, the greater a gap between the adjacent pads. Exemplarily, as shown in
In an embodiment of the present disclosure, shapes of side surfaces of pads may be designed according to an actual process to further adjust widths of the pads and spacing changes between adjacent pads in a direction along the first reference line. In the following, through several specific embodiments, several shape designs of the pads are described.
For example, in some embodiments of the present disclosure, a pad having an extension line intersecting with the second reference line includes a first end and a second end that are opposite, and a distance from the first end to the second reference line, is less than a distance from the second end to the second reference line. Along a direction parallel to the first reference line, cross-sectional widths of the first end and the second end are equal. Further, for example, a plane on which a side surface, facing the second reference line, of a same pad is located, is parallel to an extension line of the same pad, and a plane on which a side surface, away from the second reference line, of the same pad is located, is parallel to an extension line of the same pad. In these embodiments, plane shapes of the pads are parallelograms, for details, referring to shapes of the pads shown in
For example, in other embodiments of the present disclosure, edges of an inclined pad may be designed to converge towards an intersection point to reduce a risk of misaligned lap of the pad. Exemplarily, as shown in
It should be noted that in at least embodiments shown in
In the embodiments of the present disclosure, a specific shape of a pad is not limited, and can be designed according to actual process situations. For example, on a basis of the design of the shape of a side surface of a pad as described above, shapes of surfaces, facing and away from the substrate, of the pad, and a length of the pad can be designed according to actual process requirements to determine a specific shape of the pad. In the following, through several specific embodiments, several shape designs of the pad are described.
For example, in some embodiments of the present disclosure, referring to
For example, in other embodiments of the present disclosure, as shown in
It should be noted that shapes of the pads in an embodiment shown in
In the embodiments of the present disclosure, an alignment structure may also be designed in the bonding region to improve an alignment accuracy of the two bonding structures during a lapping process. Exemplarily, as shown in
The foregoing are only better embodiments of the present application and are not intended to limit the present application, and any modification, equivalent substitution, etc. made within a spirit and principles of the present application shall be included in a protection scope of the present application.
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202210751286.1 | Jun 2022 | CN | national |
The present application is a continuation application of International Application No. PCT/CN2022/131090 filed on Nov. 10, 2022, which claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 202210751286.1, filed on Jun. 29, 2022. Both applications are incorporated herein by reference in their entireties.
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Parent | PCT/CN2022/131090 | Nov 2022 | US |
Child | 18398530 | US |