# US 12,193,180 B2 · Electronic device

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- Number: US 12,193,180 B2
- Document ID: US12193180B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 17/743,466
- Filed: 2022-05-13
- Published: 2022-12-15
- Granted: 2025-01-07
- Earliest claimed: 2021-06-15
- Assignees: Innolux Corporation
- Applicants: Innolux Corporation
- Inventors: Ming-Chun Tseng; Kung-Chen Kuo; Yi-Hua Hsu
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12193180B2

## CPC

- G06F 3/147: using display panels
- H05K 5/0247: {Electrical details of casings, e.g. terminals, passages for cables or wiring}
- G09G 3/006: {Electronic inspection or testing of displays and display drivers, e.g. of LED or LCD displays (testing individual LED's G01R31/2635; testing lamps G01R31/44; testing of optical features of LCD displays G02F1/1309)}
- H05K 5/30: Side-by-side or stacked arrangements
- G09G 2300/026: Video wall, i.e. juxtaposition of a plurality of screens to create a display screen of bigger dimensions
- G09G 2300/0426: Layout of electrodes and connections
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
- H05K: PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS
- G09G: ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION (arrangements for transferring data between digital computers and displays G06F3/14; static indicating arrangements comprising an association of a number of separate sources or light control cells G09F9/00; static indicating arrangements comprising integral associations of a number of light sources H01J, H01K, H10H, H05B33/12; scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission, details thereof H04N1/00)

## Abstract

The disclosure provides an electronic device including a support plate and a first panel. The support plate includes a first bridge member and a second bridge member. The first panel is disposed on the support plate and includes a substrate, a signal line, a third bridge member, and a fourth bridge member. The signal line is disposed on the substrate. The third bridge member penetrates through the substrate and is electrically connected to the signal line and the first bridge member. The fourth bridge member penetrates through the substrate and is electrically connected to the signal line and the second bridge member.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An electronic device, comprising:
a support plate comprising a first bridge member and a second bridge member; and
a first panel disposed on the support plate, comprising:
a substrate;
a signal line disposed on the substrate,
a third bridge member penetrating through the substrate and electrically connected to the signal line and the first bridge member; and
a fourth bridge member penetrating through the substrate and electrically connected to the signal line and the second bridge member;
a second panel; and
a fifth bridge member,
wherein the support plate comprises a first connecting line, the first connecting line is connected to the second bridge member and the fifth bridge member, and the first panel and the second panel are electrically connected via the first connecting line,
wherein the support plate further comprises a redundancy connecting line, the redundancy connecting line is connected to the second bridge member and the fifth bridge member, and the redundancy connecting line and the signal line are not overlapped in a normal direction of the substrate.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The electronic device of claim 1, further comprising a circuit board, wherein the circuit board is disposed on the support plate and configured to provide a signal to the signal line.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The electronic device of claim 1, wherein a portion of the first connecting line is exposed by the first panel and the second panel.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The electronic device of claim 1, further comprising a second connecting line, wherein the second connecting line is connected to the first bridge member and the second bridge member.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The electronic device of claim 4, wherein the second connecting line comprises a multi-layer metal structure.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The electronic device of claim 5, wherein the second connecting line comprises a structure formed by a first metal layer and a second metal layer.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The electronic device of claim 6, wherein an insulating layer is disposed between the first metal layer and the second metal layer.

### Claim 8 (depends on 4)

The electronic device of claim 4, wherein a material of the first connecting line and a material of the second connecting line comprise copper, molybdenum, aluminum, or a combination thereof.

### Claim 9 (depends on 4)

The electronic device of claim 4, wherein the second connecting line is covered by one of the first panel and the second panel.

### Claim 10 (depends on 4)

The electronic device of claim 4, wherein the support plate further comprises a support substrate, wherein the first bridge member, the second bridge member, and the second connecting line are disposed on the support substrate.

### Claim 11 (depends on 1)

The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the first connecting line is extended along a first direction.

### Claim 12 (depends on 11)

The electronic device of claim 11, wherein a width of the first connecting line in a second direction is greater than or equal to 25 microns and less than or equal to 55 microns, wherein the second direction is perpendicular to the first direction.

### Claim 13 (depends on 1)

The electronic device of claim 1, further comprising an active area and a peripheral area, wherein the peripheral area is located on at least one side of the active area, and the first panel is disposed in the active area.

### Claim 14 (depends on 13)

The electronic device of claim 13, wherein the peripheral area comprises a fan-out area, and the fan-out area is located on one side of the active area, wherein the circuit board is disposed in the fan-out area.

### Claim 15 (depends on 1)

The electronic device of claim 1, further comprising a plurality of test pads, a plurality of test connecting lines, and a plurality of test bridge members disposed in the peripheral area, wherein one of the plurality of test connecting lines is connected to a corresponding test pad, and one of the plurality of test bridge members is electrically connected to a corresponding test connecting line.

### Claim 16 (depends on 1)

The electronic device of claim 1, wherein a distance between the first bridge member and the second bridge member is greater than or equal to 2 mm and less than or equal to 30 mm.

### Claim 17 (depends on 1)

The electronic device of claim 1, wherein a distance between the third bridge member and the fourth bridge member is greater than or equal to 2 mm and less than or equal to 30 mm.

### Claim 18 (depends on 1)

The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the first panel further comprises a gate driving circuit, a working signal line, and a working connecting line, wherein the gate driving circuit is connected to the working connecting line, and the working connecting line is connected to the working signal line.
