Patent ID: 7642998

Claim:
A display apparatus comprising: a display panel having electrodes at a side thereof; a bus board; and a plurality of film carriers aligned along the side of the display panel at which the electrodes are disposed, each film carrier carrying a driver IC and disposed between the display panel and the bus board, wherein the electrodes of the display panel include (a) signal electrodes which extend as scanning electrodes or information electrodes into a display area of the display panel and (b) dummy electrodes, wherein the dummy electrodes of the display panel include (a) first dummy electrodes which are located at a side of a set of the signal electrodes to be driven by one of the driver ICs and do not extend into the display panel and (b) at least one second dummy electrode which is located at an outermost side of the signal electrodes and extends into outside of the display area of the display panel, wherein each of the film carriers comprises (a) input-side leads connecting input terminals of the driver IC to the bus board, (b) output-side leads connecting output terminals of the driver IC to the signal electrodes of the display panel, and (c) at least one dummy lead located at an outer side of the input-side leads and output-side leads, wherein the dummy leads of the film carriers other than the film carrier at the end of the alignment of the film carriers are connected to the first dummy electrodes of the display panel, and wherein the dummy lead of the film carrier at the end of the alignment of the film carriers is connected to the second dummy electrode of the display panel.