Patent ID: 6175393
Filing Date: 2001-01-16
Classification: G02F

Abstract:
An active-matrix type liquid crystal display device comprising:a substrate;pixel electrodes disposed in a matrix form on said substrate;a plurality of scanning lines on said substrate for applying a scanning voltage to a switching element for each pixel electrode, said plurality of scanning lines are parallel to each other, aligned to pass between pairs of pixel electrodes and are in a separate layer from the pixel electrodes;a plurality of signal lines for applying a signal voltage to each pixel electrode when the switching element is turned ON by the scanning voltage, said plurality of signal lines are parallel to each other, orthogonal to the scanning lines, aligned to pass between pixel electrodes, and are in a separate layer from the pixel electrodes;auxiliary lines which short-circuit sections of each of said signal lines, and said auxiliary lines being formed in the layer including the signal lines, wherein each auxiliary line has a width narrower than a width of an adjacent one of said signal lines, andwherein each pixel electrode is disposed in a region bordered by adjacent scanning lines and adjacent signal lines, and one of said auxiliary lines applies the signal voltages to two adjacent pixel electrodes.