Patent ID: 8514362

Claim:
A liquid crystal display device, comprising: (a) a liquid crystal display panel having a data pad; (b) a printed circuit board; (c) a plurality of flexible printed circuit boards disposed between the liquid crystal display panel and the printed circuit board, a plurality of gaps defined between adjacent ones of the flexible printed circuit boards; (d) a plurality of driving integrated circuits connected to the liquid crystal display panel, wherein the liquid crystal display panel includes a first substrate having a first display region and a first non-display region surrounding a periphery of the first display region, a second substrate facing the first substrate, the second substrate having a second display region that exposes the first non-display region of the first substrate, and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first and second substrates, wherein the driving integrated circuits are connected to the liquid crystal display panel in the first non-display region of the first substrate, wherein the flexible printed circuit boards are disposed in the first non-display region of the first substrate, and wherein the driving integrated circuits are mounted on the flexible printed circuit boards; and (e) a plurality of protection pads disposed on the driving integrated circuits and the data pad, wherein the protection pads are formed from Graphite, each comprise flexible coating layer, and cover the driving integrated circuits without covering the gaps between the adjacent ones of the flexible printed circuit boards.