Patent ID: 9054518
Filing Date: 2015-06-09
Classification: H01L,H02H

Abstract:
1. A display apparatus, comprising: a display unit including a thin film transistor (TFT) and a display device that is electrically connected to the TFT; and a circuit unit disposed at a side of the display unit and including a driving device or a signal line unit, wherein the circuit unit includes a damage inducing unit that is electrically coupled to a conductor in the circuit unit, the damage inducing unit configured with a contact area for discharging an electrostatic discharge (ESD) introduced into the circuit unit, wherein the damage inducing unit includes a plurality of stacked conductive layers and an insulating layer between the plurality of conductive layers, the insulating layer having a contact hole, and wherein the plurality of conductive layers are connected to one another via the contact hole to form the contact area.