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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 30, 1999
Apparatus and method for substantially stress-free electrical connection to a liquid crystal display
Ranjan J. Mathew, San Jose, CA (US);
G. Cade Murray, Fremont, CA (US);
National Semiconductor Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A connection assembly ( ) to electrically couple a transparent plate ( ) of a liquid crystal display device ( ) to an operating subsystem. The connection assembly ( ) includes an elongated flexible tape member ( ) having an elongated metallic circuit ( ) which further includes a main circuit portion ( ) fixedly mounted to the tape member ( ), and a lead terminal ( ). This terminal ( ) includes a contact portion ( ) adapted to electrically couple to the transparent plate ( ), and a substantially flexible and movable conductive joint portion ( ). The contact portion ( ) and the conductive joint portion ( ) electrically couple the transparent plate ( ) to the circuit portion ( ) of the metallic circuit ( ) in a manner substantially minimizing residual stresses formed from the electrical coupling between the transparent plate ( ) and the circuit portion ( ).