Claims
- 1. A liquid crystal display device comprising:
- a liquid crystal display panel having a driving circuit disposed at least partially around and connected with said liquid crystal display panel;
- a shield casing made of a metal plate, and covering said liquid crystal display panel and said driving circuit other than at a display portion of said liquid crystal display panel;
- wherein said driving circuit comprises a plurality of separated units, each of said separated units being arranged in a relation to an adjacent separated unit and being electrically connected to an adjacent separated unit by a flexible cable, each of said separated units having at least one ground pad which is electrically connected to a ground line of said separated unit; and
- wherein said shield casing is electrically connected to each of said separated units at a portion of at least one of said ground pads of a respective separated unit.
- 2. A liquid crystal display device according to claim 1, wherein said flexible cable is a flat cable.
- 3. A liquid crystal display device according to claim 1, wherein each of said separated units is movable with respect to an adjacent unit.
- 4. A liquid crystal display device according to claim 1, wherein each of said separated units comprises a printed circuit board and IC chips mounted thereon.
- 5. A liquid crystal display device according to claim 1, wherein said flexible cable comprises a flexible film and a plurality of lead lines.
- 6. A liquid crystal display device according to claim 5, wherein said flexible film is made of polymer.
- 7. A liquid crystal display device according to claim 5, wherein said flexible film is made of polyethylene.
- 8. A liquid crystal display device according to claim 5, wherein said flexible film is made of polyvinyl alcohol.
- 9. A liquid crystal display device according to claim 5, wherein said lead lines are fixed by said flexible film.
- 10. A liquid crystal display device comprising:
- a liquid crystal display panel connected with a driving circuit;
- a shield casing made of a metal plate, and covering said driving circuit and partially covering said liquid crystal display panel;
- wherein said driving circuit comprises a plurality of separated printed circuit boards having at least one tape carrier package connected to said associated separated printed circuit board by soldering, said at least one tape carrier package having at least one IC chip and being connected to external connection terminals of said liquid crystal display panel by an anisotropic conductive film, each of said separated print circuit boards being arranged in non-overlapping relation with an adjacent separated printed circuit board and being electrically connected to an adjacent separated printed circuit board by a flexible cable, each of said separated printed circuit boards having at least one ground pad which is electrically connected to a ground line of said separated printed circuit board; and
- wherein said shield casing is electrically connected to each of separated printed circuit boards at a portion of at least one of said ground pads of a respective separated printed circuit board.
- 11. A liquid crystal display device according to claim 10, wherein said flexible cable is a flat cable.
- 12. A liquid crystal display device according to claim 10, wherein each of said separated printed circuit boards is movable with respect to an adjacent separated printed circuit board.
- 13. A liquid crystal display device according to claim 10, wherein said flexible cable comprises a flexible film and a plurality of lead lines.
- 14. A liquid crystal display device according to claim 13, wherein said flexible film is made of a polymer.
- 15. A liquid crystal display device according to claim 13, wherein said flexible film is made of polyethylene.
- 16. A liquid crystal display device according to claim 13, wherein said flexible film is made of polyvinyl alcohol.
- 17. A liquid crystal display device according to claim 13, wherein said lead lines are fixed by said flexible film.
- 18. A liquid crystal display device comprising:
- a liquid crystal display panel having a plurality of scanning signal lines and a plurality of video signal lines;
- a scanning signal line driving circuit electrically connected to said scanning signal lines and arranged at a peripheral portion of said liquid crystal display panel;
- a video signal line driving circuit electrically connected to said video signal lines and arranged at another peripheral portion of said liquid crystal display panel; and
- a shield casing made of a metal plate covering said scanning signal line driving circuit and video signal line driving circuit and partially covering said liquid crystal display panel;
- wherein said scanning signal line driving circuit is disposed on a first printed circuit board and said video signal line driving circuit is disposed on a second printed circuit board, said first printed circuit board and said second printed circuit board being electrically connected to each other by a flexible cable, said first printed circuit board having at least a first ground pad which is electrically connected to a ground line of said first printed circuit board, and said second printed circuit board having at least a second ground pad which is electrically connected to a ground line of said second printed circuit board; and
- wherein said shield casing is electrically connected to both of said at least first ground pad of said first printed circuit board and said at least second ground pad of said second printed circuit board.
- 19. A liquid crystal display device according to claim 18, wherein at least a first IC driver chip is set between said liquid crystal display panel and said first printed circuit board, and at least a second IC driver chip is set between said liquid crystal display panel and said second printed circuit board.
- 20. A liquid crystal display device according to claim 18, further comprising at least a first tape carrier having at least a first IC chip mounted thereon and being electrically connected to said first printed circuit board and to said liquid crystal display panel, and at least a second tape carrier having at least a second IC chip mounted thereon and being electrically connected to said second printed circuit board and to said liquid crystal display panel.
- 21. A liquid crystal display device according to claim 18, wherein said flexible cable is a flat cable.
- 22. A liquid crystal display device according to claim 18, wherein said flexible cable comprises a flexible film and a plurality of lead lines.
- 23. A liquid crystal display device according to claim 18, wherein said flexible film is made of polymer.
- 24. A liquid crystal display device according to claim 18, wherein said flexible film is made of polyethylene.
- 25. A liquid crystal display device according to claim 18, wherein said flexible film is made of polyvinyl alcohol.
- 26. A liquid crystal display device according to claim 18, wherein said lead lines are fixed by said flexible film.
Priority Claims (1)
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Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/197,848, filed Feb. 15, 1994, now abandoned which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/029,622, filed Mar. 11, 1993 now U.S. Pat. No. 5,432,626.
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