Patent ID: 7751015

Claim:
A panel module for use in an LCD (liquid crystal display) device, comprising: first and second substrates sandwiching therebetween a liquid crystal layer, said second substrate having mounted thereon an array of switching elements each for driving a corresponding pixel, and a plurality of signal lines and a plurality of scanning lines for transmitting data signals and selecting signals, respectively, to said switching elements; a signal line driver TCP (tape carrier package) and a scanning line driver TCP each for driving said signal lines and said scanning lines, respectively; a signal line driver substrate connected to said signal line driver TCP and supported by said second substrate via said signal line driver TCP; a scanning line driver substrate connected to said scanning line driver TCP and supported by said second substrate via said scanning line driver TCP; and at least one TCP of said signal line driver TCP and said scanning line driver TCP having a bendable structure, wherein said at least one TCP allows a corresponding at least one of said signal line driver substrate and said scanning line driver substrate to be located at a rear side of said second substrate upon bending of said at least one TCP, inter-substrate flexible wires for connecting together said signal line driver substrate and said scanning line driver substrate, having at least one connecting wire having a first portion, a second portion and an intermediate portion intermediate said first and second portions, and, in a pre-assembled configuration, lying generally in the same plane, and in an assembled position, lying generally in the same plane, said first portion lying in a rear side of said scanning line driver substrate and said second portion lying in a front side of said signal line driver substrate, with said intermediate portion traversing between said rear side and said front side.