Circuit Board Inspection Area for Accurate Attachment State Detection

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Solution Overview

Problem

Accurately judging the attaching state between a circuit board and a matching board is a technical challenge in electronic circuits, particularly in liquid crystal display devices, where existing methods fail to ensure proper alignment and pressure distribution, leading to potential misalignment and conductive particle deformation issues.

Innovation Solution

The circuit board incorporates a first circuit pattern and an attaching state inspection area with a third circuit pattern, featuring sub-sections and conductive particles in the vacant area, allowing for accurate assessment of the attaching state by mimicking the pressure distribution of the first circuit pattern, thereby ensuring precise alignment and detection of deformation.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If the circuit board is attached to the matching board without an inspection area, then the manufacturing process is simple, but the attaching state cannot be accurately judged

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveattaching state detection accuracyVSAvoidcircuit board structure complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The circuit board is segmented into functional areas: a first circuit pattern area for normal operation and a third circuit pattern area (attaching state inspection area) for detection purposes. This segmentation allows the inspection function to be added without interfering with the main circuit functionality, resolving the contradiction between detection accuracy and structural simplicity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The third circuit pattern acts as an intermediary element that enables attaching state detection. It is positioned in the attaching state inspection area and interacts with conductive particles to provide detection capability, serving as a mediator between the attachment process and the detection system without complicating the main circuit design.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Manufacturing precision

If conductive particles are uniformly distributed without a third circuit pattern, then the manufacturing process is simple, but the pressure distribution during attachment is uneven leading to inaccurate detection

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvepressure distribution uniformityVSAvoidcircuit board manufacturing complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSEase of manufacture

Solution Approach 1:

The third circuit pattern is designed with specific local characteristics - it is divided into multiple sub-sections with different positions and orientations. This local quality variation ensures that conductive particles experience uniform pressure distribution during attachment, as each sub-section contributes to pressure control in its specific region, thereby improving manufacturing precision without excessive complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The third circuit pattern's sub-sections are arranged to dynamically respond to attachment forces. The segmented structure allows the circuit pattern to adapt to varying pressure conditions during the attachment process, ensuring uniform pressure distribution on conductive particles while maintaining manufacturing feasibility through standardized sub-section designs.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

3Measurement precision

If the first circuit pattern and third circuit pattern have different heights or materials, then the manufacturing flexibility is higher, but the detection accuracy is reduced

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveconductive particle deformation detection accuracyVSAvoidcircuit board design flexibility
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The third circuit pattern is designed with homogeneous properties - same height and material as the first circuit pattern. This homogeneity ensures that both circuit patterns experience identical mechanical and electrical conditions during attachment, allowing accurate comparison and detection of conductive particle deformation. The homogeneous design maintains detection accuracy while the standardized approach actually simplifies the manufacturing process rather than reducing flexibility.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #33Homogeneity

Data Source

PatentUS10634964B2Circuit board, circuit board assembly and liquid crystal display device
Publication Date: 2020.04.28 BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO LTD
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AI summary

A circuit board is provided and the circuit board is used for being attached to a matching board. The circuit board includes a first circuit pattern and an attaching state inspection area, and the attaching state inspection area further includes a third circuit pattern. A liquid crystal display device is further provided, including the circuit board and the matching board, the matching board includes a second circuit pattern matching the circuit board. It is more accurate to judge the attaching state between the circuit board and the matching board by detecting the deformation state of the conductive particles in vacant areas at different locations after the circuit board is attached to the matching board.