Patent ID: 7724314

Claim:
A method for repairing a short in a substrate for a display which comprises a first wiring section formed so as to outwardly extend from an inside of a display area on the substrate, a second wiring section formed so as to intersect the first wiring section in an overlapping region outside the display area, with an insulation film interposed between the first and second wiring sections, said method comprising: forming an opening in the second wiring section at least in a part of the overlapping region; defining a first overlapping portion between a first end of the opening and a first edge of the second wiring section, where the first wiring section and the second wiring section overlap; defining a second overlapping portion between a second end of the opening and a second edge of the second wiring section, where the first wiring section and the second wiring section overlap; and cutting the second wiring section on both sides of the first wiring section next to the first overlapping portion to electrically isolate a short occurring between the first and second wiring sections in the first overlapping portion, and cutting the second wiring section on both sides of the first section wiring section next to the second overlapping portion to electrically isolate a short occurring between the first and second wiring sections in the second overlapping portion.