Patent ID: 7750888

Claim:
A liquid crystal display device, comprising: a liquid crystal display panel including a transparent substrate; first and second tape carrier packages adjacent one side of the transparent substrate; first and second gate driver circuits on the first and second tape carrier packages, respectively, for driving the display panel; a printed circuit board; a signal line for transmitting a drive signal from the printed circuit board to the first and second gate driver circuits, the first gate driver circuit corresponding to a first block of a display area and the second gate driver circuit corresponding to a second block of the display area, the signal line having a segment between the first and second gate driver circuits, the segment being on the transparent substrate and having a predetermined line resistance; and at least one current-limiting element located on the signal line before the signal line becomes connected to the first gate driver circuit for limiting a current of the drive signal, wherein a resistance of the at least one current-limiting element is greater than or equal to the predetermined line resistance.