Patent ID: 6753935
Filing Date: 2004-06-22
Classification: G02F

Abstract:
A method of repairing line defects in liquid crystal display (LCD) elements, said method comprising the steps of:providing an LCD element, wherein the LCD element comprises a plurality of scan lines and a plurality of optical display rows orthogonal to said scan lines, each of the optical display rows comprising at least two data lines, at least one spare line and a plurality of display pixels, the spare line being adapted to selectively connect any of the data lines in the respective optical display row with another data line in the same optical display row, and the spare lines of the different optical display rows being disconnected from each other; testing the data lines of the LCD element; and when a line defect is detected on one of the data lines, connecting the defective data line to another data line in the same optical display row through the associated spare line; wherein, in the providing step, the spare line is formed to overlap and be electrically isolated from the data lines of the associated optical display row.