Panel inspection device

Abstract

A panel inspection apparatus for inspecting a panel array. The panel array includes multiple panel modules. The panel inspection apparatus includes a lighting test fixture, a first horizontal distribution plate, a second horizontal distribution plate, and a vertical distribution plate. The lighting test fixture includes a level offset device, wherein the level offset device includes a clock output section, and the clock output section includes n output terminals. The first horizontal distribution plate includes a first output section integrated circuit, wherein each of the n output terminals of the clock output section is coupled to n panel modules. The second horizontal distribution plate includes a second output section integrated circuit, wherein each of the n output terminals of the clock output section is coupled to another n panel modules, wherein the first horizontal distribution plate is identical to the second horizontal distribution plate.

Claims

1. A panel inspection device for inspecting a panel array, wherein the panel array includes a plurality of panel modules, the panel modules are arranged in a first column, the first column includes 3n panel modules, the 3n panel modules include a first group, a second group and a third group, the first group, the second group and the third group are arranged along a first direction, each of the first group, the second group and the third group includes n panel modules, where n is a positive integer and 2≤n≤9, the panel inspection device comprising: a lamp test fixture including a locator, wherein the locator includes a first clock output section including n output terminals; a first horizontal distribution plate adjacent to the first group and including a first output integrated circuit, wherein each of the n output terminals of the first clock output section is coupled to the n panel modules of the first group; A second horizontal distribution board, adjacent to the second group, and including a second output integrated circuit, wherein the first horizontal distribution board and the second horizontal distribution board are arranged along the first direction, and each of the n output terminals of the first clock output section is coupled to the n panel modules of the second group, wherein the first horizontal distribution board is the same as the second horizontal distribution board; a vertical distribution board, adjacent to the lamp testing fixture and the panel array, and electrically connected to the level offset device and the panel array; and a power supply, adjacent to the vertical distribution board, wherein the power supply is coupled to the n panel modules of the first group via the first output integrated circuit, and coupled to the n panel modules of the second group via the second output integrated circuit.

2. The panel testing apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the panel testing apparatus further includes a third lateral distribution plate, wherein the third lateral distribution plate is adjacent to the third group and includes a third output integrated circuit, the third lateral distribution plate and the first lateral distribution plate are arranged along the first direction; and wherein each of the n output terminals of the first clock output section is coupled to one of the n panel modules of the third group, and the power supply is coupled to the n panel modules of the third group via the third output integrated circuit.

3. The panel detection apparatus as described in claim 2, wherein the third lateral distribution plate is the same as the first lateral distribution plate.

4. The panel detection device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the panel detection device further includes a third lateral distribution plate, wherein the third lateral distribution plate is adjacent to the third group and includes a third output integrated circuit, the third lateral distribution plate and the first lateral distribution plate are arranged along the first direction; and wherein the level offset device further includes a second clock output, the second clock output includes n output terminals, each of the n output terminals of the second clock output is coupled to n panel modules of the third group, and the power supply is coupled to the n panel modules of the third group via the third output integrated circuit.

5. The panel detection apparatus as described in claim 4, wherein the third lateral distribution plate is different from the first lateral distribution plate.

6. The panel detection device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the panel detection device further includes a third lateral distribution plate, wherein the third lateral distribution plate is adjacent to the third group and includes a third output integrated circuit, the third lateral distribution plate and the first lateral distribution plate are arranged along the first direction; wherein the distribution of the panel modules further includes a second column, the first column and the second column are arranged along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, the second column includes 3n panel modules, the 3n panel modules include a fourth group, a fifth group and a sixth group, the fourth group, the fifth group and the sixth group are arranged along the first direction, the fourth group, the fifth group and the sixth group each include n panel modules; wherein the level offset device further includes a second clock output section and a third clock output section, the second clock output section includes n output terminals, and the third clock output section includes n output terminals; and wherein the panel detection device further includes: A fourth horizontal distribution board, adjacent to the fourth group, and including a fourth output integrated circuit, wherein each of the n output terminals of the third clock output is coupled to one of the n panel modules of the fourth group, and the power supply is coupled to one of the n panel modules of the fourth group via the fourth output integrated circuit; and a fifth horizontal distribution board, adjacent to the fifth group, and including a fifth output integrated circuit, wherein the fourth horizontal distribution board and the fifth horizontal distribution board are arranged along the first direction, each of the n output terminals of the third clock output is coupled to one of the n panel modules of the fifth group, and the power supply is coupled to one of the n panel modules of the fifth group via the fifth output integrated circuit, wherein the fourth horizontal distribution board is the same as the fifth horizontal distribution board and the first horizontal distribution board.

7. The panel testing apparatus as claimed in claim 6, wherein the panel testing apparatus further includes a sixth horizontal distribution plate, wherein the sixth horizontal distribution plate is adjacent to the sixth group and includes a sixth output integrated circuit, the sixth horizontal distribution plate and the fourth horizontal distribution plate are arranged along the first direction; and wherein each of the n output terminals of the third clock output section is coupled to one of the n panel modules of the sixth group, and the power supply is coupled to the n panel modules of the sixth group via the sixth output integrated circuit.

8. The panel detection apparatus as described in claim 7, wherein the sixth lateral distribution plate is the same as the fourth lateral distribution plate.

9. The panel testing apparatus as claimed in claim 6, wherein the panel testing apparatus further includes a sixth lateral distribution plate, wherein the sixth lateral distribution plate is adjacent to the sixth group and includes a sixth output integrated circuit, the sixth lateral distribution plate and the fourth lateral distribution plate being arranged along the first direction; wherein each of the n output terminals of the second clock output is coupled to one of the n panel modules of the third group, and the power supply is coupled to one of the n panel modules of the third group via the third output integrated circuit; and wherein each of the n output terminals of the second clock output is coupled to one of the n panel modules of the sixth group, and the power supply is coupled to one of the n panel modules of the sixth group via the sixth output integrated circuit.

10. The panel detection apparatus as claimed in claim 9, wherein the sixth horizontal distribution plate is different from the fourth horizontal distribution plate and the sixth horizontal distribution plate is the same as the third horizontal distribution plate.

11. The panel detection apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first horizontal distribution plate further includes a third output integrated circuit, the power supply being coupled to the n panel modules of the first group via the first output integrated circuit and the third output integrated circuit; and wherein the second horizontal distribution plate further includes a fourth output integrated circuit, the power supply being coupled to the n panel modules of the second group via the second output integrated circuit and the fourth output integrated circuit.

12. The panel detection device as claimed in claim 1, wherein when 3≤n≤9, the first horizontal distribution plate further includes a third output integrated circuit and a fourth output integrated circuit, the power supply being coupled to the n panel modules of the first group via the first output integrated circuit, the third output integrated circuit and the fourth output integrated circuit; and wherein the second horizontal distribution plate further includes a fifth output integrated circuit and a sixth output integrated circuit, the power supply being coupled to the n panel modules of the second group via the second output integrated circuit, the fifth output integrated circuit and the sixth output integrated circuit.

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