Display module including a display panel connected to a flexible wire board with an insulating protective layer extended inside the display panel

A flexible wire board, comprising:

• a base material;
• a wire pattern;
• and
• an insulating protective layer for protecting the wire pattern on the base material, terminals of the wire pattern being connected to external connection terminals of a display panel by using an anisotropic conductive adhesive,
• wherein the anisotropic conductive adhesive is extended to protrude from the display panel, and
• wherein the insulating protective layer is extended toward the terminals of the wire pattern so that it extends inside the display panel only through both sides in a width direction of the flexible wire board while having the flexible wire board connected to the display panel.

A method for connecting a flexible wire board, comprising:

• providing a flexible wire board including a base material, a wire pattern and an insulating protective layer for protecting the wire pattern on the base material;
• connecting terminals of the wire pattern to external connection terminals outside a display panel by using an anisotropic conductive adhesive,
• wherein the anisotropic conductive adhesive is extended to protrude from the display panel, and
• wherein the insulating protective layer is extended inside the display panel only through both sides in a width direction of the flexible wire board while having the flexible wire board connected to the display panel.

A display module, comprising:

• a display panel provided with external connection terminals and a flexible wire board having a wire pattern on a base material, terminals of the wire pattern of the flexible wire board and the external connection terminals of the display panel being bonded using an anisotropic conductive adhesive, the flexible wire board having an insulating protective layer for protecting the wire pattern,
• wherein:
• the anisotropic conductive adhesive is extended to protrude from the display panel;
• the flexible wire board is a COF;
• and
• the insulating protective layer of the flexible wire board is extended inside the display panel while having the flexible wire board connected to the display panel.