Patent ID: 8248567

Claim:
A display device comprising: a plurality of signal lines extending in parallel to one another and having portions extending in a first direction and in a second direction, a plurality of gate signal lines extending in parallel to one another and extending in a third direction, and a plurality of pixels, each pixel being delimited by an adjacent pair of signal lines having the portions extending in the first and second directions and an adjacent pair of gate signal lines extending in the third direction; a display signal line of the plurality of signal lines being connected to a display pixel electrode of a display pixel of the plurality of pixels via a TFT; a first dummy signal line of the plurality of signal lines having a bend which is disposed between an adjacent pair of gate signal lines, the first dummy signal line being connected to a dummy pixel electrode of a first dummy pixel via a TFT; and a second dummy signal line of the plurality of signal lines being disposed adjacent to the first dummy pixel; wherein the second dummy signal line is not connected to any dummy pixel electrode.