Patent ID: 9691336
Date: 2017-06-27
CPC Classifications: G02F,G09G

Claim:
1. A flat panel display comprising: a display panel including a plurality of sub-pixels comprising a defective sub-pixel, a first non-defective sub-pixel that is vertically adjacent to the defective sub-pixel, and a second non-defective sub-pixel that is vertically adjacent to the defective sub-pixel, the plurality of sub-pixels defined by intersections of a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of data lines, each sub-pixel including a thin film transistor and a pixel electrode electrically connected to a drain electrode of the thin film transistor, and wherein a pixel electrode of the defective sub-pixel includes a break in the pixel electrode that divides the pixel electrode into a first pixel electrode pattern and a second pixel electrode pattern and the break electrically disconnecting the first pixel electrode pattern and the second pixel electrode pattern from each other; and a first link pattern comprising a first end and a second end, the first end of the first link pattern connected to the first pixel electrode pattern of the defective sub-pixel, and the second end of the first link pattern connected to a pixel electrode of the first non-defective sub-pixel that is vertically adjacent to the defective sub-pixel, the first pixel electrode pattern of the defective sub-pixel electrically connected to a drain electrode of a first thin film transistor included in the first non-defective sub-pixel via the first link pattern; a second link pattern comprising a first end and a second end, the first end of the second link pattern connected to the second pixel electrode pattern of the defective sub-pixel, and the second end of the second link pattern connected to a pixel electrode of the second non-defective sub-pixel that is vertically adjacent to the defective sub-pixel, the second pixel electrode pattern of the defective sub-pixel electrically connected to a drain electrode of a second thin film transistor included in the second non-defective sub-pixel via the second link pattern.