Patent Grant
9888590
This application is a Section 371 National Stage Application of International Application No. PCT/CN2016/095992, filed on 19 Aug. 2016, entitled “Printed Circuit Board, Display Panel and Wiring Method for the Printed Circuit Board”, which claims priority to Chinese Application No. 201510698559.0, filed on 23 Oct. 2015, incorporated herein by reference in their entirety.
The present disclosure relates to the field of printed circuit boards, and specially, to a printed circuit board, a display panel and a wiring method for the printed circuit board.
Wiring of a printed circuit board has a significant influence on quality of signals of a circuit. For example, differences in resistance among connecting wires (also known as fan-out lines) between two multichannel connecting terminals may leads to different signal delays. In applications of display panels, for example, if such differences in resistance of connecting wires between an integrated circuit connecting terminal and a display region connecting terminal of a display panel is too large, a split screen phenomenon or a non-uniform display may occur. Generally, connecting wires are not configured as straight lines in a point-to-point connection manner, but are bent to achieve a minimum resistance difference and a minimum space while ensuring suitable wire widths and wire distances required by processes. In current products, most wiring is achieved by using wiring tools, and final performance of the wiring depends on calculating method and wiring method implemented by the wiring tools. Existing wiring techniques are based on a condition that the number of channels of an integrated circuit connecting terminal is the same as the number of channels of a display region of a display panel.
An object of the present disclosure is to provide a printed circuit board and a display panel having the printed circuit board, which may save space required for wiring and/or reduce resistance differences among connecting wires in the case of two multichannel circuit connecting terminals having different numbers of channels.
The present disclosure further discloses a wiring method for the printed circuit board.
Technical solutions of the present disclosure are disclosed as follows to achieve the above object.
According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided a printed circuit board including:
a first multichannel circuit connecting terminal having a plurality of first channel connecting pins;
a second multichannel circuit connecting terminal having a plurality of second channel connecting pins, the plurality of second channel connecting pins being arranged to face the plurality of first channel connecting pins, the number of the first channel connecting pins being larger than the number of the second channel connecting pins and a length of the second multichannel circuit connecting terminal being larger than a length of the first multichannel circuit connecting terminal; and
a plurality of connecting wires arranged between the first multichannel circuit connecting terminal and the second multichannel circuit connecting terminal, the plurality of connecting wires connecting the plurality of second channel connecting pins with a part of the first channel connecting pins in one-to-one correspondence, with the rest of the first channel connecting pins being spare,
where at least one of the plurality of connecting wires has a first portion, which is bent to extend through a spare region, on the printed circuit board, between the spare first channel connecting pins and the second multichannel circuit connecting terminal.
In an embodiment, the spare first channel connecting pins may be located at a central position of the plurality of first channel connecting pins.
In an embodiment, the at least one of the connecting wires may include a shortest connecting wire.
In an embodiment, the at least one of the connecting wires may further include a connecting wire located adjacent to the shortest connecting wire and having a first portion bent towards the shortest connecting wire.
In an embodiment, the plurality of connecting wires may be arranged symmetrically about the shortest connecting wire.
In an embodiment, the first portion may include a plurality of bend portions in the spare region.
In an embodiment, the first portion may be arranged in a bow-shaped manner or a zig-zag manner in the spare region.
In an embodiment, the plurality of connecting wires may be arranged in a same wiring layer.
In an embodiment, the at least one of the connecting wires may further include:
a second portion connected between a corresponding one of the first channel connecting pins and the first portion; and
a third portion extending from the first portion towards a corresponding one of the second channel connecting pins.
In an embodiment, the first multichannel circuit connecting terminal may be an integrated circuit connecting terminal, and the second multichannel circuit connecting terminal may be a display region connecting terminal of a display panel.
According to another embodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided a display panel including the printed circuit board according to any one of the above embodiments.
According to a further embodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided a wiring method for a printed circuit board, the printed circuit board including a first multichannel circuit connecting terminal having a plurality of first channel connecting pins and a second multichannel circuit connecting terminal having a plurality of second channel connecting pins, the plurality of second channel connecting pins being arranged to face the plurality of first channel connecting pins, the number of the first channel connecting pins being larger than the number of the second channel connecting pins, and a length of the second multichannel circuit connecting terminal being larger than a length of the first multichannel circuit connecting terminal, the wiring method including the following steps of:
(a) determining a spare first channel connecting pin of the plurality of first channel connecting pins and arranging a first connecting wire to connect a first one of the plurality of second channel connecting pins with a corresponding non-spare one of the first channel connecting pins, the first connecting wire being bent to pass through a spare region, on the printed circuit board, between the spare first channel connecting pin and the second multichannel circuit connecting terminal; and
(b) arranging other connecting wires at both sides of the first connecting wire to connect other second channel connecting pins at both sides of the first one of the plurality of second channel connecting pins with other non-spare first channel connecting pins respectively.
In an embodiment, the first connecting wire is a shortest connecting wire.
In an embodiment, the spare first channel connecting pin is located at a central position of the first multichannel circuit connecting terminal, the first one of the second channel connecting pins faces the spare first channel connecting pin of the first multichannel circuit connecting terminal, and wherein the step (a) may include:
arranging a first segment of the first connecting wire from the first one of the second channel connecting pin towards the first multichannel circuit connecting terminal in a direction perpendicular to a plane of the first multichannel circuit connecting terminal to a first node, the first node being located between the first one of the second channel connecting pins and the spare first channel connecting pin; and
arranging a second segment of the connecting wire from the first node to the non-spare first channel connecting pins,
wherein an extending direction of the second segment is not parallel to or does not coincide with an extending direction of the first segment.
In an embodiment, the step (b) may include:
arranging a first segment of a second connecting wire such that it extends from an adjacent second one of the second channel connecting pins located at a first side of the first one of the second channel connecting pins towards the first segment of the first connecting wire to a second node, the second node being located between the second one of the second channel connecting pins and the first segment of the first connecting wire;
arranging a second segment of the second connecting wire such that it extends from the second node in a direction in parallel with the first segment of the first connecting wire to a third node, the third node being located between the second node and the first multichannel circuit connecting terminal;
arranging a third segment of the second connecting wire such that it extends from the third node to a fourth node, the fourth node being located between the first multichannel circuit connecting terminal and the second multichannel circuit connecting terminal, at a position directly facing another first channel connecting pin at the first side of the non-spare first channel connecting pin and being closer to the first multichannel circuit connecting terminal than the third node; and
arranging a fourth segment of the second connecting wire such that it extends from the fourth node to the another first channel connecting pin.
In an embodiment, the step (b) may further include:
arranging a first segment of a third connecting wire such that it extends from a third one of the second channel connecting pins located at an outer side of the second one of the second channel connecting pins towards the second segment of the second connecting wire to a fifth node, the fifth node being located between the third one of the second channel connecting pins and the second segment of the second connecting wire;
arranging a second segment of the third connecting wire such that it extends from the fifth node to a sixth node, the sixth node being located between the first multichannel circuit connecting terminal and the second multichannel circuit connecting terminal, at a position directly facing a further first channel connecting pin at an outer side of the another first channel connecting pin and being closer to the first multichannel circuit connecting terminal than the fifth node; and
arranging a third segment of the third connecting wire such that it extends from the sixth node to the further first channel connecting pin.
In an embodiment, a plurality of the second connecting wires may be arranged between the first connecting wire and the third connecting wire, and lengths of the second segments of the plurality of second connecting wires gradually decrease along a direction from the first connecting wire towards the third connecting wire.
In an embodiment, a connecting wire located adjacent to the first connecting wire may be bent towards the first connecting wire.
In an embodiment, all the connecting wires may be arranged symmetrically about the first connecting wire.
In an embodiment, the first connecting wire may be bent several times in the spare region.
In an embodiment, all the connecting wires may be arranged in a same wiring layer.
With any one of the embodiments set forth above, coefficient of utilization of wiring space between the first multichannel circuit connecting terminal and the second multichannel circuit connecting terminal is improved. It is desirable that the difference in resistances of at least some of the connecting wires may be reduced. In the case that the printed circuit board according to an embodiment of the disclosure is used in a display panel, non-uniform display caused by difference in resistances of connecting wires may be alleviated.
The present disclosure will be described hereinafter in embodiments with reference to the attached drawings, where the like reference numerals refer to the like elements. The embodiments described with reference to the drawings aim to provide an explanation of a general concept of the present disclosure, and should not be construed as limitations to the present disclosure.
According to a general concept of the present disclosure, there is provided a printed circuit board, which includes: a first multichannel circuit connecting terminal having a plurality of first channel connecting pins; a second multichannel circuit connecting terminal having a plurality of second channel connecting pins, the plurality of second channel connecting pins facing the plurality of first channel connecting pins, the number of the first channel connecting pins being larger than the number of the second channel connecting pins and a length of the second multichannel circuit connecting terminal being larger than a length of the first multichannel circuit connecting terminal; and a plurality of connecting wires disposed between the first multichannel circuit connecting terminal and the second multichannel circuit connecting terminal, the plurality of connecting wires connecting the plurality of second channel connecting pins with a part of the first channel connecting pins in one-to-one correspondence and the rest of the first channel connecting pins being spare, where at least one of the plurality of connecting wires has a first portion, which is bent and extends through a region (hereinafter, “spare region” for short) on the printed circuit board and between the spare first channel connecting pins and the second multichannel circuit connecting terminal.
Moreover, in the following detailed description, many specific details are set forth such that a fully understanding of the embodiments of the present disclosure may be achieved. Obviously, however, one or more embodiments may be implemented without these details.
In wiring design of a printed circuit board 100, wiring between two multichannel circuit connecting terminals is commonly concerned. If one of the multichannel circuit connecting terminals has more channels than the other, a part of connecting pins of the former connecting terminal are spare, as shown in
In the example shown in
The printed circuit board 100′ further includes a plurality of connecting wires 40′ arranged between the first multichannel circuit connecting terminal 10 and the second multichannel circuit connecting terminal 20, and the plurality of connecting wires 40′ connect the plurality of second channel connecting pins 21 with a part of the first channel connecting pins 11 in one-to-one correspondence, thus, the rest first channel connecting pins of the first multichannel circuit connecting terminal 10 other than the part of the first channel connecting pins are spare.
In the embodiment, at least part of the plurality of connecting wire 40′ may have a portion (which can be termed as the first portion of the connecting wire) that is bent and extends through a region (i.e., the “spare region”), between the spare first channel connecting pins 12 and the second multichannel circuit connecting terminal 20, on the printed circuit board 100′. The configuration of the first portion of the connecting wire may be favor of increasing utilization of space, and therefore it may be called as a space utilizing portion.
To be noted, to make the drawings more clear,
In the example shown in
During wiring of the connecting wires, an influence from length difference among the connecting wires should be considered, because the difference in lengths among the connecting wires may result in difference in resistances, such that delays may exist in signals transmitted along different connecting wires, and if the delays are too large, stability of signals will be degraded, and will even lead to failure of the signals. Therefore, in practice, it is desired that the difference in lengths among the connecting wires could be as small as possible.
In the embodiment of
In designs in which length differences and resistance differences among the connecting wires are controlled, it is usually desired to control a maximum value of length differences or resistance differences. In other words, a length difference between the shortest connecting wire and the longest connecting wire should be small as possible. As an example, the abovementioned at least one connecting wire includes the shortest connecting wire 41′. That is, the shortest connecting wire 41′ is bent and passes through the spare region. In the condition that the length of the longest connecting wire remains unchanged, the resistance difference among the connecting wires can be reduced and thereby signal delays are reduced. As an example, the spare first channel connecting pin may be located at a central position of the plurality of first channel connecting pins, which may reduce the wiring space between the two multichannel circuit connecting terminals. When the printed circuit board 100′ is used in a display panel, a size of the display panel may be reduced. However, this is not necessary. For example, the spare connecting pins may also be located at positions near to either side of the first multichannel circuit connecting terminal 10.
In an example, the at least one connecting wire may also include a connecting wire adjacent to the shortest connecting wire 41′, which also has a bent portion towards the shortest connecting wire. With this configuration, the spare region may be further utilized, and a length of the connecting wire adjacent to the shortest connecting wire 41′ may also be correspondingly increased. For example, the length of the connecting wire adjacent to the shortest connecting wire 41′ may be still between the length of the shortest connecting wire 41′ and the length of the longest connecting wire.
As an example,
To be noted, although a basic line type for the connecting wires 40′ is shown in
As an example, the at least one connecting wire 40′ may further include: a second portion (or, it may be named as a pin connecting portion, such as the line segment a shown in
In an example, the plurality of connecting wires 40′ are arranged symmetrically about the shortest connecting wire 41′.
In an example, the plurality of connecting wires may be arranged in a same wiring layer. With this configuration, a simple wiring structure may be achieved.
In an example, the first multichannel circuit connecting terminal 10 may be an integrated circuit connecting terminal, and the second multichannel circuit connecting terminal 20 may be a display region connecting terminal of a display panel, for example, when the printed circuit board 100′ is used in the display panel. However, the present disclosure is not limited thereto. The printed circuit board 100′ may be used in any electronic devices that need to be connected through multichannel circuit connecting terminals.
To be noted, although the above explanation is made by taking the shortest connecting wire 41′ as an example, it doesn't mean that the shortest connecting wire 41′ in all embodiments of the present disclosure should be bent and pass through the spare region. In some embodiments, for example, it may be desired to control length difference or resistance difference among the connecting wires other than the shortest connecting wire 41′, and thus these connecting wires may be specifically configured to have the first portions, such that they are bent and pass through the spare region.
An embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a display panel, which includes the printed circuit board according to any one of the above embodiments.
An embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a wiring method for a printed circuit board, wherein the printed circuit board includes: a first multichannel circuit connecting terminal having a plurality of first channel connecting pins; a second multichannel circuit connecting terminal having a plurality of second channel connecting pins, the plurality of second channel connecting pins being arranged to face the plurality of first channel connecting pins, the number of the first channel connecting pins being larger than the number of the second channel connecting pins, and a length of the second multichannel circuit connecting terminal being larger than a length of the first multichannel circuit connecting terminal, the wiring method includes the following steps of:
(a) determining a spare first channel connecting pin of the plurality of first channel connecting pins, and arranging a first connecting wire to connect a first of the plurality of second channel connecting pins with a corresponding non-spare one of the first channel connecting pins, the first connecting wire being bent and passing through a region (i.e., a spare region), on the printed circuit board, between the spare first channel connecting pin and the second multichannel circuit connecting terminal; and
(b) arranging other connecting wires at both sides of the first connecting wire to connect other second channel connecting pins at both sides of the first of the plurality of second channel connecting pins with other non-spare first channel connecting pins respectively.
Similar to the printed circuit board 100′ according to the above described embodiment of the present disclosure, this wiring method may also be favor of improving utilization of space and adjusting length difference and resistance difference among the connecting wires.
In an embodiment, the spare first channel connecting pin 12 is located at a central position of the first multichannel circuit connecting terminal 10, the first 21 of the second channel connecting pins faces the spare first channel connecting pin 12 of the first multichannel circuit connecting terminal, and the step (a) includes:
arranging the first connecting wire from a first of the second channel connecting pin 21, towards the first multichannel circuit connecting terminal in a direction perpendicular to a plane of the first multichannel circuit connecting terminal, to a first node 61 (as shown in
arranging a connecting wire from the first node 61 to the corresponding non-spare one of the first channel connecting pins to form a second segment 72 of the first connecting wire,
wherein a direction of the second segment 72 is not parallel to or does not coincide with the direction of the first segment 71. In other words, the direction of the first segment 71 and the direction of second segment 72 of the first connecting wire intersect with each other. In the example shown in
In an example, in the wiring method for printed circuit board, the step (b) may include:
arranging a second connecting wire, from a second of the second channel connecting pins adjacent to and at a first side (left side in
arranging a second segment 82 of the second connecting wire from the second node 62 in a direction in parallel with the first segment 71 of the first connecting wire to a third node 63, the third node 63 being located between the second node 62 and the first multichannel circuit connecting terminal 10;
arranging a third segment 83 of the second connecting wire, from the third node 63 to a fourth node 64, the fourth node 64 being located between the first multichannel circuit connecting terminal 10 and the second multichannel circuit connecting terminal 20 and at a position aligned with another first channel connecting pin at the first side (FIG. left side in the figure) of the non-spare first channel connecting pin 11 (as an example, as shown in
arranging a fourth segment 84 of the second connecting wire from the fourth node 64 to the another first channel connecting pin.
It can be understood from the above example that the position of the first node 61 directly affects inclination degree of the second segment 72 of the first connecting wire, inclination degree of the third segment 83 of the second connecting wire and the position of the second node 62. As an example, the position of the first node 61 may be determined based on requirement in terms of an overall resistance.
In another example, the step (b) may further include:
arranging a third connecting wire, from a third of the second channel connecting pins at an outer side of the second of the second channel connecting pins towards the second segment 82 of the second connecting wire, to a fifth node 65 to form a first segment 91 of the third connecting wire, the fifth node 65 being located between the third of the second channel connecting pins and the second segment 82 of the second connecting wire;
arranging a second segment 92 of the third connecting wire from the fifth node 65 to a sixth node 66, the sixth node 66 being located between the first multichannel circuit connecting terminal 10 and the second multichannel circuit connecting terminal 20 and at a position aligned with a further first channel connecting pin at an outer side (the left side of the figure) of the another first channel connecting pin (as an example, the sixth node 66 is located directly above the further first channel connecting pin, as shown in
arranging a third segment 93 of the third connecting wire from the sixth node 66 to the further first channel connecting pin.
As an example, a plurality of the second connecting wires (i.e., the connecting wire formed by connecting four line segments successively, as shown in
The above described wiring method may be favor of a sufficient utilization of the wiring space and control of the resistance difference among the connecting wires.
As shown in
Although the method of wiring the connecting wires has been described by taking the first side (i.e., the left side of
In an example, the first connecting wire is the shortest connecting wire among all the connecting wires.
In an example, the first of the second channel connecting pins faces the central position of the first multichannel circuit connecting terminal, which may facilitate reducing wiring space between the two multichannel circuit connecting terminals.
As an example, connecting wires adjacent to the first connecting wire may be bent towards the first connecting wire, which may be favor of reducing the spare region between the two multichannel circuit connecting terminals as much as possible to reduce an overall space needed for the wiring.
In an example, all connecting wires are arranged symmetrically about the first connecting wire.
In an example, the first connecting wire is bent several times. For example, the first connecting wire is bent several times in the spare region. This may further increase the length of the shortest connecting wire, so as to decrease the differences in resistance among the connecting wires.
In an example, all connecting wires are arranged in the same wiring layer. With this configuration, a simplified wiring structure may be easy achieved.
Although the present disclosure has been described in conjunction with the drawings, the embodiments shown in the drawings should not be interpreted as a limitation to the present disclosure, rather, they are provided to illustratively show preferable implementations of the present disclosure. Term “a” or “an” before an element doesn't mean that there cannot be a plurality of such elements. Terms “first”, “second”, “third” and the like doesn't imply any sequence or order and doesn't exclude the existence of a plurality of such elements, these terms may be regarded as a part of the name of the element.
Although several exemplary embodiments have been shown and described, it would be appreciated by those skilled in the art that various changes or modifications may be made in these embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the disclosure, the scope of which is defined in the claims and their equivalents.
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