Patent ID: 6480255
Filing Date: 2002-11-12
Classification: G02F

Abstract:
A substrate of a liquid crystal display device, comprising:a first substrate having an image display area defined on a principal surface of said first substrate and a terminal area defined on a partial area outside of the image display area; a plurality of first bus lines disposed on the image display area on the principal surface of said first substrate, an end portion of each of said first bus lines being formed in the terminal area; a first insulating film disposed over the principal surface of said first substrate, said first insulating film covering said first bus lines; a plurality of external terminals formed on the terminal area of said first substrate, each of said terminals being electrically connected to a corresponding end portion of each of said first bus lines via a corresponding one of first contact holes formed through said first insulating film and reaching an upper surface of said end portion of the first bus lines; and a protective film made of insulating material covering a partial area of an upper surface of said external terminals so as not to cover at least a partial area of the upper surface of said external terminals near a border of said first substrate.