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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 27, 1998
Abstract
The printed circuit board and tape carrier package of an LCD module are replaced with a microelectronic package that includes a substrate and a layer integrally formed on the substrate that is flexible relative to the substrate. The flexible layer includes at least one flexible extension that extends beyond the substrate. A plurality of conductive lines are included on the substrate that extend onto the flexible layer and extend along the flexible layer onto the at least one flexible extension. The conductive lines on the flexible extension are electrically connected to the data lines, the gate lines or both. Accordingly, tape carrier packages need not be used so that cost may be reduced. Moreover, separate operations to connect tape carrier packages to printed circuits boards may be eliminated, thereby improving reliability and/or cost of the device.