Patent ID: 6945789

Claim:
A display module comprising: a display panel including a display layer sandwiched between two plates and a terminal pattern connected with an electrode for driving the display layer and formed on edge portions of the display panel; and a flexible board including a main portion that has electrode terminals for establishing electrical connection with the terminal pattern and has a geometry approximately the same as that of the display panel, and a connector portion connected to the electrode terminal and used for establishing connection with an external circuit, wherein the terminal pattern of the display panel is provided on a common surface of one of the plates along three side edges, the common surface facing the display layer, the electrode terminals of the flexible board are provided at edge portions on a common surface of the main portion so as to correspond to the terminal pattern of the display panel, the flexible board is integrated with the display panel by overlapping the main portion with the display panel, with only the common surface of the main portion facing the common surface of the plate so that the electrode terminals face the terminal pattern, and the electrode terminals are connected with the terminal pattern using an electrically conductive tape or an electrically conductive adhesive.