Circuit board and display panel assembly having the same

#This application claims priority to Korean Patent Application No. 2009-12222, filed on Feb. 16, 2009 and all the benefits accruing therefrom under 35 U.S.C. §119, the contents of which are herein incorporated by reference in their entirety.

#1. Field of the Invention

#The present invention relates to a circuit board and a display panel assembly including the circuit board. More particularly, the present invention relates to a circuit board for improving the display quality of a display apparatus and a display panel assembly including the circuit board.

#The above and other features and advantages of the present disclosure of invention will become more apparent by describing in detailed exemplary embodiments thereof with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:

#FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view illustrating a display apparatus including a display panel assembly according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention;

#FIG. 2 is a schematically cross-sectional view taken along line I-I′ in FIG. 1;

#Although the present disclosure is described more fully hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings, the underlying concepts may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the exemplary embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these exemplary embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey its teachings to those skilled in the pertinent art. In the drawings, the sizes and relative sizes of layers and regions may be exaggerated for sake of clarity.

#It will be understood that when an element or layer is referred to as being “on” or “connected to” another element or layer, it can be directly on or connected to the other element or layer or intervening elements or layers may be present. In contrast, when an element is referred to as being “directly on” or “directly connected to” another element or layer, there are no intervening elements or layers present. Like numerals refer to like elements throughout. As used herein, the term “and/or” includes any and all combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.

#It will be understood that, although the terms first, second, third, etc. may be used herein to describe various elements, components, regions, layers and/or sections, these elements, components, regions, layers and/or sections should not be limited by these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish one element, component, region, layer or section from another region, layer or section. Thus, a first element, component, region, layer or section discussed below could be termed a second element, component, region, layer or section without departing from the teachings of the present invention.