Patent ID: 6700636
Filing Date: 2004-03-02
Classification: G02F

Abstract:
A liquid crystal display (LCD) panel comprising:a substrate having a cell region and a pad region; a plurality of gate and data lines formed in the cell region, wherein the plurality of data lines includes a first set of data lines and a second set of data lines, wherein the plurality of gate lines is arranged to cross the plurality of data lines to form a plurality of pixel regions within the cell region; a first set of data pads formed in the pad region, wherein each data pad in the first set of data pads extends from a corresponding one of the first set of data lines; and a second set of data pads formed in the pad region, wherein the first and the second sets of data pads are arranged in a single-bank structure in the pad region, wherein each data pad in the second set of data pads is electrically connected to a corresponding one of the second set of data lines and is arranged in a direction parallel to that of the first set of data pads, and wherein each data pad in the second set of data pads is placed in the pad region at a location whose longitudinal axis is collinear with one of the first set of data lines that is adjacent to one of the second set of data lines electrically connected to the data pad.