Patent ID: 8742781

Claim:
A display device having repair and detect structure, comprising: a substrate; a pixel array disposed on the substrate, the pixel array comprising a plurality of data lines and a plurality of gate lines, wherein the substrate comprises a first peripheral region and a second peripheral region defined outside the pixel array, the first peripheral region is arranged parallel to the gate lines, and the second peripheral region is arranged parallel to the data lines; a first shorting bar disposed on the substrate, the first shorting bar being connected to the gate lines for testing the gate lines, and the first shorting bar comprising a first shorting segment, wherein the first shorting segment is disposed in the first peripheral region; a first repair line disposed on the substrate for repairing at least one of the data lines, the first repair line being electrically connected to the first shorting segment of the first shorting bar; a second shorting bar and a second repair line disposed on the substrate, wherein the second shorting bar comprises a second shorting segment electrically connected to the second repair line, and the second shorting segment is disposed in the first peripheral region; and a repair line branch disposed in the first peripheral region, wherein one end of the repair line branch is electrically connected to the first repair line via the first shorting segment, and the other end of the repair line branch is electrically connected to the second repair line via the second shorting segment.