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US 8,456,384 B2Granted
Plasma display device
AssigneeSamsung SDI Co., Ltd.
InventorYong-Jin Kim
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Abstract
A plasma display device is disclosed. The plasma display device includes a plasma display panel (PDP), a printed circuit board assembly (PBA), and a flexible printed circuit (FPC) electrically connecting electrodes of the PBA and the PDP. In some embodiments, the FPC is formed of two films with signal lines therebetween and electrodes on opposite sides.
Claims16
A plasma display device comprising:
- a plasma display panel (PDP);
- a chassis base including a first surface and a second surface and supporting the PDP on the first surface;
- a printed circuit board assembly (PBA) mounted on the second surface;
- and
- a flexible printed circuit (FPC) electrically connecting electrodes of the PBA and the PDP,
- wherein the FPC comprises:
- a first film;
- a second film;
- a plurality of signal lines formed between the first and second films;
- first electrode pads formed on the first film and bonded to the PBA;
- and
- second electrode pads formed on the second film and electrically connected to the first electrode pads by the signal lines and bonded to the electrodes of the PDP,
- wherein the first electrode pads are disposed in two rows, and the second electrode pads are disposed in one row, and
- wherein the first electrode pads comprise:
- an eleventh electrode pad row disposed near an end of the first film;
- and
- a twelfth electrode pad row disposed on the first film inside the eleventh electrode pad row.
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A plasma display device comprising:
- a plasma display panel (PDP);
- a chassis base including a first surface and a second surface and supporting the PDP on the first surface;
- a printed circuit board assembly (PBA) mounted on the second surface;
- and
- a flexible printed circuit (FPC) electrically connecting electrodes of the PBA and the PDP,
- wherein the FPC comprises:
- a plurality of signal lines;
- a plurality of first electrode pads on a first side of the FPC;
- and
- a plurality of second electrode pads electrically connected to the first electrode pads by the signal lines, wherein the second electrode pads are on a second side of the FPC, wherein the second side is opposite the first side,
- wherein the first electrode pads are disposed in two rows, and the second electrode pads are disposed in one row, and
- wherein the first electrode pads comprise:
- an eleventh electrode pad row disposed near an end of the FPC;
- and
- a twelfth electrode pad row disposed on the FPC inside the eleventh electrode pad row.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.