Method of manufacturing components of display panel assembly from same mother substrate

Abstract

A method of manufacturing a display panel assembly includes: preparing a mother substrate on which are defined first regions and dummy regions respectively between adjacent first regions; forming pixel driving lines and pixels connected to the pixel driving lines on each of the first regions in a same process at the same time as forming circuit connection lines on each of the dummy regions; connecting a driving element which drives the pixels to the circuit connection lines of the dummy regions; dividing the mother substrate to separate the first regions and the dummy regions from each other, each of the separated first regions defining a thin film transistor board of the display panel assembly, and each of the separated dummy regions defining a driving circuit board of the display panel assembly; and connecting the driving circuit board to the thin film transistor board.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A mother substrate having a plurality of first regions and a plurality of dummy regions which are respectively between adjacent the first regions, the mother substrate comprising:
 a plurality of pixel driving lines disposed at each of the first regions;   a plurality of pixels disposed at the each of the first regions and connected to the pixel driving lines; and   a plurality of circuit connection lines disposed at each of the dummy regions.   
     
     
         2 . The mother substrate of  claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of thin film transistors mounted at the each of the first regions. 
     
     
         3 . The mother substrate of  claim 2 , further comprising a plurality of driving elements mounted at the each of the dummy regions and connected to the circuit connection lines. 
     
     
         4 . The mother substrate of  claim 3 , wherein the each of the dummy regions comprising:
 a plurality of third regions disposed between the first regions adjacent in the first direction; and   a plurality of second regions disposed between the first regions adjacent in the second direction.   
     
     
         5 . The mother substrate of  claim 4 , further comprising:
 a plurality of first cutting lines extending in the first direction, the first cutting lines at a boundary between the first regions and the second regions adjacent in the second direction; and   a plurality of second cutting lines extending in the second direction, the second cutting lines at a boundary between the first regions and the third regions adjacent in the first direction.   
     
     
         6 . The mother substrate of  claim 3 , wherein the pixel driving lines comprising a plurality of data lines and a plurality of gate lines. 
     
     
         7 . The mother substrate of  claim 3 , wherein the driving elements comprising at least one of timing controller. 
     
     
         8 . The mother substrate of  claim 1 , wherein the mother substrate comprises a glass. 
     
     
         9 . The mother substrate of  claim 1 , wherein a composition of materials of the first regions is the same with a composition of materials of the dummy regions. 
     
     
         10 . The mother substrate of  claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the each of the circuit connection lines is the same with a thickness of the each of the pixel driving lines. 
     
     
         11 . The mother substrate of  claim 1 , the circuit connection lines formed in a photolithography process. 
     
     
         12 . A display apparatus comprising:
 a thin film transistor board configured to display and comprising a plurality of pixels; and   at least one printed circuit board,   wherein a composition of materials of the printed circuit board is the same with a composition of materials of the thin film transistor board.   
     
     
         13 . The display apparatus of  claim 12 , wherein the composition of the materials of the printed circuit board and the composition of the materials of the thin film transistor board comprising a glass. 
     
     
         14 . The display apparatus of  claim 12 , wherein the thin film transistor board further comprising:
 a plurality of data lines electrically connected to the pixels; and   a plurality of gate lines electrically connected to the pixels and intersecting with the data lines on the plane.   
     
     
         15 . The display apparatus of  claim 14 , wherein the printed circuit board is provided in plural, the plurality of the printed circuit boards comprising:
 a data circuit board electrically connected to the date lines of the thin film transistor board; and   a gate circuit board electrically connected to the gate lines of the thin film transistor board.   
     
     
         16 . The display apparatus of  claim 15 , further comprising:
 a plurality of first flexible circuit boards; and   a plurality of second flexible circuit boards, and   wherein the first flexible circuit boards and the second flexible boards have flexibility.   
     
     
         17 . The method of manufacturing a display panel assembly, the method comprising:
 preparing a mother substrate in which are defined a plurality of first regions and a plurality of dummy regions, the plurality of dummy regions are respectively between adjacent the first regions;   forming a plurality of pixel driving lines and a plurality of pixels which are connected to the pixel driving lines; and   forming a plurality of circuit connection lines on each of the dummy regions of the mother substrate.   
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 17 , further comprising connecting a driving element which drives the plurality of pixels to the circuit connection lines of the dummy regions of the mother substrate. 
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 18 , further comprising:
 dividing the mother substrate to separate the first regions and the dummy regions, each of the separated first regions with the pixel driving lines and the pixels thereon defining a thin film transistor board of the display panel assembly, and each of the separated dummy regions with the circuit connection lines thereon defining a driving circuit board of the display panel assembly; and   connecting the driving circuit board with the circuit connection lines thereon to the thin film transistor board with the pixel driving lines and the pixels thereon.   
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 19 , wherein the pixel driving lines and the pixels on each of the first regions of the mother substrate are formed in a same process at the same time as forming a plurality of circuit connection lines on each of the dummy regions of the mother substrate.