Patent ID: 6320691
Filing Date: 2001-11-20
Classification: B23K,H05K

Abstract:
An optical modulation apparatus comprising:a display panel having a plurality of display electrodes;a printed circuit board disposed along a side of the display panel and having thereon a plurality of first electrodes; anda plurality of flexible film substrates arranged along the side of the display panel, wherein each flexible film substrate has:a semiconductor chip mounted thereon,a first opening along the side of the display panel and second and third openings at mutually opposite positions with respect to the semiconductor chip, andsecond electrodes functioning as output electrodes of the semiconductor chip and connected to the display electrodes of the display panel at the first opening, and third and fourth electrodes functioning as input electrodes of the semiconductor chip and connected to the first electrodes of the printed circuit board at the second and third openings, respectively.