Staggered Panel Lands for LCD Soldering Alignment

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Solution Overview

Problem

The increasing resolution of liquid crystal display panels leads to narrowed spaces between panel lands, causing soldering misalignment and decreased precision when soldering a flexible circuit board to the panel lands.

Innovation Solution

A liquid crystal display module design where adjacent panel lands stagger in a transverse direction, with corresponding flexible circuit board lands of varying widths, ensuring zero or minimal space between them, and using conductive adhesive for connection, to maintain soldering precision.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If the resolution of the display panel is increased, then the display quality is improved, but the space between panel lands is narrowed causing soldering misalignment

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedisplay resolutionVSAvoidsoldering precision
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSManufacturing precision

Solution Approach 1:

The patent transitions from a single-row linear arrangement of panel lands to a multi-row staggered arrangement. By introducing a transverse direction and creating alternating patterns across multiple rows, the design increases the effective spacing between corresponding flexible circuit board lands while maintaining high resolution display requirements. This dimensional change allows soldering lands to be distributed more favorably in space.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent employs asymmetric staggering where panel lands in adjacent rows are offset from each other in the transverse direction. This asymmetric arrangement creates non-uniform spacing patterns that increase the distance between corresponding soldering points on the flexible circuit board, thereby improving soldering alignment precision while accommodating high-resolution display constraints.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #4Asymmetry

2Measurement precision

If the space between panel lands is narrowed to accommodate high resolution, then the display resolution is improved, but soldering alignment becomes difficult

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedisplay resolutionVSAvoidsoldering alignment
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSEase of manufacture

Solution Approach 1:

The patent resolves the manufacturing difficulty by utilizing a multi-row staggered configuration that distributes soldering lands across different transverse positions. This dimensional redistribution allows corresponding flexible circuit board lands to be positioned with adequate spacing for alignment, even though the overall panel resolution remains high.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent segments the panel lands into multiple rows with staggered positions rather than using a single continuous row. This segmentation allows the soldering interface to be divided into multiple corresponding pairs, each with sufficient spacing for proper alignment and soldering operations, while maintaining the high pixel density required for display resolution.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Applied Scientific Principles

This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.

Function Achieved in This Case

This design enhances soldering precision by preventing misalignment and ensuring consistent contact resistances, effectively addressing the issue of decreased precision due to narrow spaces between panel lands.

Implementation Method 1

the first panel land and the first flexible circuit board land, the second panel land and the second flexible circuit board land are connected with conductive adhesive

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectConduction (electrical): Conduction (electrical)

Data Source

PatentUS8570761B2Liquid crystal display module and liquid crystal panel
Publication Date: 2013.10.29 TCL CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO LTD
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AI summary

Disclosed is a liquid crystal display module comprising a display panel, and a plurality of panel lands is positioned on the display panel, and lengths of the panel lands extend along a straight direction of wire directions, and the module further comprise a flexible circuit board, and the flexible circuit board comprises a plurality of flexible circuit board lands, and the flexible circuit board lands are soldered with the panel lands one-to-one correspondingly. Two adjacent panel lands and corresponding flexible circuit board lands constitute a soldering unit, comprising a first panel land, a second panel land, a first flexible circuit board land corresponding to the first panel land and a second flexible circuit board land corresponding to the second panel land. The first panel land and the second panel land stagger transversely. The present invention also discloses a liquid crystal panel.