# US 2010/0163286 A1 · Circuit Board Structure and Manufacturing Method Thereof and Liquid Crystal Display Containing the Same > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2010/0163286 A1 - Document ID: US20100163286A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 12/500,794 - Filed: 2009-07-10 - Published: 2010-07-01 - Earliest claimed: 2008-12-29 - Assignees: Au Optronics Corporation - Inventors: Chien-Cheng Chang - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20100163286A1 ## CPC - H05K 1/0271: {Arrangements for reducing stress or warp in rigid printed circuit boards, e.g. caused by loads, vibrations or differences in thermal expansion} - H05K 1/117: {Pads along the edge of rigid circuit boards, e.g. for pluggable connectors} - H05K 3/361: {Assembling flexible printed circuits with other printed circuits} - H05K 2201/09036: Recesses or grooves in insulating substrate - H05K 2201/09781: Dummy conductors, i.e. not used for normal transport of current; Dummy electrodes of components - H05K 2203/0278: Flat pressure, e.g. for connecting terminals with anisotropic conductive adhesive - Y10T 29/49155: Manufacturing circuit on or in base - H05K: PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS - Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION ## Abstract A circuit board structure and a manufacturing method thereof and a liquid crystal display (LCD) containing the same are disclosed. The circuit board structure comprises a flexible printed circuit board (FPC) and a printed circuit board. On a first surface of the printed circuit board opposite to a connection area (such as a gold fingers area) thereof for connecting to the FPC, dummy circuits are formed for maintaining uniform stress when the printed circuit board and the FPC are press-bonded. In the manufacturing method, an electrically-conductive layer is first formed on the first surface of the printed circuit board, and then first grooves and second grooves are formed on the electrically-conductive layer simultaneously, thereby forming real circuits and dummy circuits, wherein the depths of the first grooves and the second grooves are about the same, and the thicknesses of the dummy circuits and the real circuits are about the same. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A circuit board structure, comprising: a printed circuit board; a plurality of real circuits formed on a first area of one surface of the printed circuit board, wherein a first groove is formed between every two adjacent real circuits; and a plurality of dummy circuits formed on a second area adjacent to the first area on the one surface of the printed circuit board, wherein a second groove is formed between every two adjacent dummy circuits, and the first lo groove and the second groove have substantially the same depths, and the dummy circuits and the real circuits have substantially the same thicknesses. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The circuit board structure as claimed in claim 1, further comprising: a plurality of gold fingers formed on the other surface opposite to the one surface of the printed circuit board, wherein the gold fingers are substantially aligned with the first area and the second area, and the real circuits are electrically connected to the gold fingers, and the dummy circuits are electrically insulated from the gold fingers. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The circuit board structure as claimed in claim 2, further comprising: a flexible printed circuit board (FPC), wherein one end of the FPC is press-bonded with the gold fingers. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The circuit board structure as claimed in claim 3, wherein the FPC is a chip on film (COF). ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The circuit board structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein each of the dummy circuits is formed as a rectangle. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The circuit board structure as claimed in claim 5, wherein the rectangle has a width substantially ranged from 100 μm to 200 μm, and the rectangle has a length substantially ranged from 200 μm to 500 μm. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The circuit board structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein each of the lo dummy circuits is formed as a circle. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The circuit board structure as claimed in claim 7, wherein the circle has a diameter substantially ranged from 100 μm to 200 μm. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The circuit board structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein the dummy circuits are spaced from the real circuits at a distance that is substantially greater than 200 μm. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The circuit board structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein the ratio of the total area of the dummy circuits to the area of the second area is substantially ranged from 30% to 90%. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) A liquid crystal display incorporating the circuit board structure as claimed in claim 1. ### Claim 12 A manufacturing method of a circuit board structure, comprising: providing a base board; forming an electrically-conductive layer on one surface of the base board; defining a first area and a second area adjacent to the first area on the electrically-conductive layer; and simultaneously forming a plurality of first grooves and a plurality of second grooves on the first area and the second area, thereby respectively forming a plurality of real circuits on the first area, and a plurality of dummy circuits on the second area, wherein the first grooves and the second grooves have substantially the same depths, and the dummy circuits and the real circuits have substantially the same thicknesses. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The manufacturing method as claimed in claim 12, further comprising: forming a plurality of gold fingers on the other surface opposite to the one surface of the base board, wherein the gold fingers are substantially aligned with the first area and the second area, and the real circuits are electrically connected to the gold fingers, and the dummy circuits are electrically insulated from the gold fingers. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The manufacturing method as claimed in claim 13, further comprising: providing a flexible printed circuit board (FPC); and press-bonding one end of the FPC with the gold fingers. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The manufacturing method as claimed in claim 14, wherein the FPC is a chip on film (COF). ### Claim 16 (depends on 13) The manufacturing method as claimed in claim 13, wherein each of the dummy circuits is formed as a rectangle. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The manufacturing method as claimed in claim 16, wherein the rectangle has a width substantially ranged from 100 μm to 200 μm, and the rectangle has a length substantially ranged from 200 μm to 500 μm. ### Claim 18 (depends on 13) The manufacturing method as claimed in claim 13, wherein each of the dummy circuits is formed as a circle. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The manufacturing method structure as claimed in claim 18, wherein the circle has a diameter substantially ranged from 100 μm to 200 μm. ### Claim 20 (depends on 13) The manufacturing method as claimed in claim 13, wherein the dummy circuits are spaced from the real circuits at a distance that is substantially greater than 200 μm. ### Claim 21 (depends on 13) The manufacturing method as claimed in claim 13, wherein the electrically-conductive layer is a copper material layer. ### Claim 22 (depends on 13) The manufacturing method as claimed in claim 13, wherein the ratio of the total area of the dummy circuits to the area of the second area is substantially ranged from 30% to 90%.