Patent ID: 8687162

Claim:
A liquid crystal display device comprising: a plurality of signal lines formed at a picture display part; an LOG (line on glass) type signal line formed at a peripheral region of the picture display part to have a width greater than the signal lines and a plurality of first openings spaced at regular intervals for supplying a required driving signal to a drive IC to drive the signal lines; a supplementary electrode overlapped with the LOG type signal line, with a gate insulating film disposed therebetween; a first contact hole passed through a protective film formed to cover a thin film transistor connected to the signal lines and the gate insulating film to expose the LOG type signal line; a second contact hole passed through the protective film to expose the supplementary electrode; and a contact electrode connected between the supplementary electrode and the LOG type signal line through the first and second contact holes, wherein the supplementary electrode has second openings formed alternately with the first openings, and wherein the second openings are formed between the first openings.