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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2001
Kenji Kimura, Kawasaki, JP;
Takeshi Kawahara, Kawasaki, JP;
Taizo Ohno, Higashimorokata, JP;
Satoshi Watanabe, Kawasaki, JP;
Shigeo Iriguchi, Kawasaki, JP;
Takayoshi Nakamura, Tokyo, JP;
Other;
Abstract
A plasma display apparatus has an electronic circuit module including a rigid substrate attached to a chassis thereof and a flexible substrate partially overlapped with the rigid substrate. The rigid substrate has chips and the flexible substrate has a first portion with apertures for exposing the chips and bonding pads and a second portion positioned on the outside of the rigid substrate. Bonding wires connect terminals of the chips with the bonding pads of the flexible substrate. A reinforcing pattern or a dummy pattern is provided in at least the first portion of the flexible substrate. The reinforcing pattern provides for rigidity for the first portion of the flexible substrate for accurate positioning of the bonding pads relative to the chips.