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US 7,068,337 B2Granted
Apparatus for inspecting liquid crystal panel
AssigneeLG.Philips LCD Co., Ltd.
InventorDae You Kim
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an apparatus for inspecting a liquid crystal panel capable of coping with a fine pitch and reducing an inspection time. The inspecting apparatus of the present invention comprises an integrated circuit board; a tape carrier package fixedly connected to the integrated circuit board; and a connector having a first pads fixedly connected to the tape carrier package and a second pads connected to the liquid crystal panel.
Claims12
An apparatus for inspecting a pixel cell disposed in a liquid crystal panel, comprising:
- an integrated circuit board;
- a tape carrier package fixedly connected to the integrated circuit board;
- and
- a connector having first pads fixedly connected to the tape carrier package and second pads adapted to be connected to at least one of gate pads and data pads of the liquid crystal panel, wherein the connector is removed from the liquid crystal panel after inspecting the liquid crystal panel.
1 more element
A method of fabricating a liquid crystal display device, comprising:
- providing first and second substrates;
- providing a liquid crystal material between the first and second substrates;
- attaching the first and second substrates to form a liquid crystal panel;
- inspecting the liquid crystal panel to determine whether the liquid crystal panel has any defective pixel using an apparatus that includes an integrated circuit board, a tape carrier package fixedly connected to the integrated circuit board and a connector having first pads fixedly connected to the tape carrier package and second pads adapted to be connected to at least one of gate pads and data pads of the liquid crystal panel;
- and
- removing the connector from the liquid crystal panel after said inspecting the liquid crystal panel.
3 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.