Patent ID: 9349336
Filing Date: 2016-05-24
CPC Classification: G02F,G09G

Claim Text:
1. A display device comprising: a plurality of pixels arranged in a column direction and in a row direction; a data line extending in the column direction; a first common line positioned adjacent to the data line on a first side of the data line, and a second common line positioned adjacent to the data line on a second side of the data line, the first and second common lines extending in the column direction; and a data driving part configured to apply a data signal to the data line; wherein in an odd-numbered row of the pixels, the data line is connected to one of the pixels of a k-th column (where ‘k’ is a natural number) and one of the pixels of a (k+1)-th column, and in an even-numbered row of the pixels, the data line is connected to one of the pixels of a (k−1)-th column and one of the pixels of a (k+2)-th column by extending portions extending across the first and second common lines, respectively; and wherein the data line is connected to the one of the pixels of the (k−1)-th column through a switching element positioned in the k-th column, and to the one of the pixels of the (k+2)-th column through a switching element positioned in the (k+1)-th column.