This application claims the priority benefit of Taiwan application serial no. 90111392, filed May 9, 2001, the full disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference.
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention generally relates to a low profile circuit device, and more particularly to a low profile circuit device having an improved surface-mounted device to decrease the entire height of the circuit devices of a liquid crystal display module.
2. Description of the Related Art
Due to the advance of electronic technology, especially for the popularity of portable electronic products, the requirements of light, compact and low-energy consuming display are gradually increasing. With the advantages of low-energy consuming, low-heat dissipation, light weight and non-luminescence, liquid crystal displays (LCD) have been widely used in the electronic products and even have replaced the traditional CRT displays.
An LCD basically comprises polarizers, glass electrodes and liquid crystal materials. The polarizers are made of the polarizer material sandwiched between two transparent films. The glass electrodes are made of high quality flat glass which is plated with a layer of conductive film of metallic oxidation. The molecules of liquid crystal material possess very strong electron conjugation moving ability. When the liquid crystal molecules are influenced by electric field, they are easily polarized to produce induced dipolar phenomena, thereby resulting in the displaying image in the LCD. The manufacturing process of LCD substantially includes the steps of injecting the liquid crystal material into the space between the two flat glasses with glass electrodes thereon, and adhering polarizer films onto the outer surfaces of the flat glasses so as to form the LCD cell. Then the driving circuits, controlling circuits, and backlight components etc. will be assembled to constitute an LCD module.
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Accordingly, there exist the needs for providing a low profile circuit device to decrease the thickness of an LCD module and further decrease the thickness of an LCD.
It is a primary object of the present invention to provide a low profile circuit device for the LCD module in order to substantially decrease the thickness of the circuit device and further decrease the thickness of the LCD module.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a low profile circuit device for the LCD module, wherein the electronic devices disposed on the circuit device are semiconductor packages and mounted on a printed circuit board by surface mounted technology.
In order to achieve the above objects, the present invention provides a low profile circuit device for the LCD module comprising a printed circuit board and an electronic device. The printed circuit board has a through hole and a plurality of pads surrounding the through hole. The electronic device is disposed within the through hole and has a plurality of leads electrically connected to and mounted on the plurality of pads of the printed circuit board.
According to another aspect of the present invention, the electronic device is a semiconductor package.
According to a further aspect of the present invention, the circuit device is a driving circuit and/or a controlling circuit and is electrically connected to a liquid crystal display panel of the LCD module by way of a flexible substrate, and the flexible substrate is curved to allow a surface of the printed circuit board of the circuit device to abut against the LCD module.
According to still another aspect of the present invention, the electronic device is mounted on the printed circuit board by surface mounted technology.
According to further another aspect of the present invention, the plurality of leads are substantially horizontal and flat.
Other objects, advantages, and novel features of the invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawing.
a is a schematic sectional view of a low profile circuit device for an LCD module according to the present invention.
b is a schematic top plan view of the circuit device shown in
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As the foregoing description, the entire height of the low profile circuit device according to the present invention is effectively decreased and, when the low profile circuit is applied to an LCD module, the thickness of the LCD module is effectively decreased.
Although the invention has been explained in relation to its preferred embodiment, it is not used to limit the invention. It is to be understood that many other possible modifications and variations can be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as hereinafter claimed.
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90111392 A | May 2001 | TW | national |
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