# US 2019/0380198 A1 · Circuit board > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2019/0380198 A1 - Document ID: US20190380198A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/433,951 - Filed: 2019-06-06 - Published: 2019-12-12 - Earliest claimed: 2018-06-12 - Assignees: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha - Applicants: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha - Inventors: MASAKI NAKAYAMA - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190380198A1 ## CPC - H05K 1/0281: {Reinforcement details thereof} - G02F 1/13452: {Conductors connecting driver circuitry and terminals of panels} - H01R 4/04: using electrically conductive adhesives - H01R 12/7076: {for connection between PCB and component, e.g. display} - H01R 12/716: {Coupling device provided on the PCB} - H05K 1/118: {specially for flexible printed circuits, e.g. using folded portions} - H05K 3/361: {Assembling flexible printed circuits with other printed circuits} - G02F 1/13454: {Drivers integrated on the active matrix substrate (G02F1/136277 takes precedence)} - H05K 1/189: characterised by the use of flexible or folded printed circuits - H05K 2201/09409: Multiple rows of pads, lands, terminals or dummy patterns; Multiple rows of mounted components - H05K 2201/09709: Staggered pads, lands or terminals; Parallel conductors in different planes - H05K 2201/10128: Display - H05K 2201/2009: Reinforced areas, e.g. for a specific part of a flexible printed circuit - H05K: PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS - G02F: OPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS - H01R: ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS ## Abstract A circuit board includes a first row terminal group including terminal parts aligned in a predetermined direction and a second row terminal group including terminal parts aligned in parallel with and arranged in a zig-zag pattern with respect to the first row terminal group. The first row terminal group includes first row projecting terminal parts protruding toward the second row terminal group further than another terminal parts included in the first row terminal group, the second row terminal group includes second row projecting terminal parts projecting toward the first row terminal group further than another terminal parts included in the second row terminal group, and the first row projecting terminal parts and the second row projecting terminal parts are overlapped with and spaced apart from each other in the predetermined direction. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A circuit board including a plurality of terminal parts for mounting electronic components, the circuit board comprising: a first row terminal group formed of a plurality of terminal parts that are aligned in a predetermined direction; and a second row terminal group formed of a plurality of terminal parts that are aligned in parallel with the first row terminal group and arranged in a zig-zag pattern with respect to the first row terminal group, wherein the terminal parts included in the first row terminal group include one terminal parts as first row projecting terminal parts that are arranged in a state of being protruded toward the second row terminal group further than another terminal parts included in the first row terminal group, the terminal parts included in the second row terminal group include one terminal parts as second row projecting terminal parts that are arranged in a state of being protruded toward the first row terminal group further than another terminal parts included in the second row terminal group, and the first row projecting terminal parts and the second row projecting terminal parts are overlapped in the predetermined direction and are arranged while being spaced apart from each other in the predetermined direction. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The circuit board according to claim 1, wherein the first row terminal group includes at least two first row non-projecting terminal parts that are the terminal parts except for the first row projecting terminal parts, the at least two first row non-projecting terminal parts are arranged consecutively in the predetermined direction, and the second row terminal group includes the terminal parts that are arranged between the at least two first row non-projecting terminal parts arranged consecutively in the predetermined direction as the second row projecting terminal parts. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The circuit board according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the first row terminal group and the second row terminal group is formed of the plurality of terminal parts having a same size, and at least one of the first row projecting terminal parts and the second row projecting terminal parts are arranged in a state of being shifted from another terminal parts in a direction orthogonal to the predetermined direction so as to be in a state of being projected toward the first row terminal group or toward the second row terminal group. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The circuit board according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the first row projecting terminal parts and the second row projecting terminal parts are formed larger in dimension in a direction orthogonal to the predetermined direction than another terminal parts so as to be in a state of being projected toward the first row terminal group or toward the second row terminal group. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The circuit board according to claim 1, further comprising: a plurality of wiring parts each extending out from each of the terminal parts constituting one of the first row terminal group and the second row terminal group, wherein each of the plurality of wiring parts is arranged to pass between the terminal parts each constituting another one of the first row terminal group and the second row terminal group. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The circuit board according to claim 1, wherein the circuit board is formed of a substrate having flexibility.