Patent ID: 7956946

Claim:
A flat-panel display comprising: a substrate comprising an image display area and a border area; a plurality of parallel data lines disposed in the image display area of the substrate; a plurality of parallel gate lines disposed in the image display area of the substrate, the gate lines being substantially crossed with the data lines perpendicularly; a plurality of first conductive lines, disposed in the border area of the substrate, for delivering a plurality of gate signals required for performing a panel test; a plurality of first one-way switching units disposed in the border area of the substrate, each first one-way switching unit being electrically connected between a corresponding first conductive line and a corresponding gate line, the first one-way switching unit operating to allow one-way signal transmission from the corresponding first conductive line to the corresponding gate line; a plurality of second conductive lines, disposed in the border area of the substrate, for delivering a plurality of test data signals; a third conductive line, disposed in the border area of the substrate, for delivering a gate signal of the gate signals; a plurality of second one-way switching units disposed in the border area of the substrate, each second one-way switching unit being electrically connected between the third conductive line and a corresponding first conductive line, the second one-way switching unit operating to allow one-way signal transmission from the corresponding first conductive line to the third conductive line; and a plurality of control units disposed in the border area of the substrate, each control unit being employed to control an electrical connection between a corresponding second conductive line and a corresponding data line based on the gate signal delivered by the third conductive line.