Display apparatus
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsHyo Jae Jang, Chan Hong Park, Jeong Ho Bang, Jong Myung Lee, Sun Weon Jeong, Hyeong Sik Choi
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is a display apparatus that reduces a magnitude of a tension applied to a flexible PCB when a display panel is provided with a curved surface, and prevents damage of a driving chip. The display apparatus in accordance with exemplary embodiments includes a display panel configured to display an image, a source printed circuit board configured to control the display panel, and a flexible PCB that connects the display panel and the source printed circuit board. A length of at least one side edge of the flexible PCB is formed longer than a minimum length from the display panel to the source printed circuit board.
Claims15
A curved display apparatus comprising:
- a curved display panel configured to display an image;
- a source printed circuit board (PCB) configured to control the curved display panel;
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- a flexible printed circuit board (PCB) that connects the curved display panel and the source printed circuit board,
- wherein the flexible PCB is directly connected to the curved edge of the curved display panel,
- wherein a driving chip is disposed in the flexible PCB at a position offset from the center of the flexible PCB, and disposed at a rear side of the curved display panel when the flexible PCB is bent,
- wherein the flexible PCB is provided so as to incline in a direction oblique with respect to one side end portion of the curved display panel or one side end portion of the source PCB, and
- wherein when a plurality of source printed circuit boards are provided, an oblique direction of the flexible PCB connected to one source PCB is different from an oblique direction of the flexible PCB connected to the other source PCB.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.