Patent ID: 9747855
Date: 2017-08-29
CPC Classifications: G02F,G09G,H01L

Claim:
1. A semiconductor device comprising: a plurality of sets of n external drive terminals arranged in a marginal region along one long side of a rectangular semiconductor substrate; a plurality of sets of n ESD protection circuits arranged in the marginal region, each set of n ESD protection circuits coupled to a corresponding set of n external drive terminals; and a plurality of output circuits, each output circuit including a set of n output units coupled to a corresponding set of n external drive terminals, each output unit including a plurality of circuit components; wherein each set of n external drive terminals is arranged in a plurality of n columns along a Y direction in a staggered arrangement in which the positions of the external drive terminals in adjacent columns are shifted with respect to each other, wherein said plurality of output circuits are arranged in a plurality of different columns along the Y direction, each column including a single output circuit and extending in an X direction perpendicular to the Y direction, and wherein a width dimension in the Y direction of each of said output circuits is smaller than a width dimension in the Y direction of each set of n external drive terminals.