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Liquid-crystal display panel and repair method thereof

US6476882B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateJul 11, 1997
Grant dateNov 5, 2002
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Expiry dateAug 6, 2017

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02F1/136263
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An active-matrix addressing LCD panel is provided, in which a bypass can be readily formed for a broken one of the source/drain bus lines without degrading any display characteristic and without increasing the number of man-hour. A TFT-array substrate of the panel has gate bus lines and source/drain bus lines extending perpendicular to each other, pixel areas defined by the gate and source/drain bus lines, TFTs formed near respective intersections of the gate and source/drain bus lines in the corresponding pixel areas, pixel electrodes formed in the respective pixel areas, and light-shielding layers formed in the respective pixel areas. Each of the source/drain bus lines is overlapped with a corresponding one of the light-shielding layers at first and second locations. The first and second locations are defined in such a way that a bypass for each of the source/drain bus lines is formed by electrically connecting each of the source/drain bus lines to the corresponding one of the light-shielding layers at the associated first and second locations.

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