Patent ID: 6587161
Filing Date: 2003-07-01
Classification: G02F

Abstract:
A liquid crystal display device comprising:a pixel substrate; a counter substrate disposed to face said pixel substrate with a space therebetween; a liquid crystal layer placed in the space between said pixel substrate and said counter substrate; a plurality of pixel electrodes arranged in a matrix on said pixel substrate; a counter electrode formed on said counter substrate to correspond to said pixel electrodes; a plurality of scanning lines and a plurality of reference signal lines arranged parallel with each other on said pixel substrate, at boundary regions between said pixel electrodes; a signal line arranged on said counter substrate so that said signal line runs in a direction perpendicular to said scanning lines and is connected to said counter electrode; a three-terminal switching element provided on said pixel substrate so that terminals of said three-terminal switching element are connected to said scanning line, reference signal line and pixel electrode, respectively; a connecting line for connecting said plurality of reference signal lines to each other, said connecting line being provided in one of two side regions outside of a region where said plurality of pixel electrodes are formed, each of said two side regions extending a length which is perpendicular to said plurality of reference signal lines; a plurality of scanning signal input terminals for inputting external scanning signals to said plurality of scanning lines, each of said scanning signal input terminals being located outside of the region where said plurality of pixel electrodes are formed; and wherein a plurality of second connecting lines are provided in the region between the region where said plurality of scanning signal input terminals are formed and the region where said plurality of pixel electrodes are formed, whereby a short circuit at an intersection of one of the second connecting lines and one of the scanning lines can be corrected by cutting the one second connecting line.