Flexible Display Driving Circuit Pad Segmentation

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional flexible splicing display apparatuses experience poor display quality due to the arrangement of connection pads on multiple sides of flexible display devices, which affects the display status when devices are spliced together.

Innovation Solution

The driving circuit and flexible display device configuration where data and scan signal wires are connected within the display region and led to one side of the driving chip, minimizing the impact of connection pads on display quality and ensuring seamless gamma and colorimetric values across spliced regions.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If connection pads are disposed on multiple sides of the flexible display device, then the signal connection is achieved, but the display quality is downgraded due to the impact on spliced status

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesignal connectionVSAvoiddisplay quality
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSManufacturing precision

Solution Approach 1:

The connection pads are segmented and concentrated on only one side of the flexible display device rather than being distributed on multiple sides. This segmentation allows the connection region to be isolated to a specific area, preventing it from affecting the display status of adjacent spliced regions while maintaining signal connection functionality.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

2Area of stationary object

If flexible display devices are spliced to form large size display apparatus, then the display size is increased, but the display quality of the spliced apparatus is poor due to connection pad arrangement

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedisplay sizeVSAvoiddisplay quality
Core Design Contradiction:
Area of stationary objectVSManufacturing precision

Solution Approach 1:

The connection pads are extracted and concentrated to one side of the flexible display device, separating the connection function from the display region. This extraction ensures that when multiple devices are spliced together, the connection regions do not interfere with the display status of adjacent devices, thereby maintaining high display quality across the entire spliced apparatus.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

3Reliability

If data signal wires and scan signal wires are connected to multiple sides, then the signal transmission is achieved, but the number of connection regions affecting display status increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesignal transmissionVSAvoidconnection regions
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The connection pads for both data signal wires and scan signal wires are merged and concentrated on a single side of the flexible display device. This merging reduces the number of connection regions from multiple sides to just one, minimizing the impact on display status when devices are spliced while maintaining reliable signal transmission through the consolidated connection area.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Data Source

PatentUS9576545B2Driving circuit, flexible display device and flexible splicing display apparatus thereof
Publication Date: 2017.02.21 TCL CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO LTD
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AI summary

A driving circuit, flexible display device and flexible splicing display apparatus thereof are described. The driving circuit comprises a driving chip, a plurality of data signal wires and a plurality of scan signal wires. The data signal wires of the flexible display device and the data lines are connected correspondingly within the display region of the flexible display device, and the scan signal wires and the scan lines are connected correspondingly in one side of the driving chip of the flexible display device. The present invention utilizes the arrangement of connection pads of the signal wires to improve the display quality of the flexible display device.