Patent ID: 8724048

Claim:
A display device, comprising: a display cell including a display region and a frame region surrounding the display region; a metal frame including a fixing element to hold the display cell; a circuit board fixed to a fixing element and arranged along a longitudinal side of the display cell; a driver circuit connected to the display cell to drive the display cell; electronic components provided at the circuit board to control the driver circuit; an insulating protection sheet to cover the driver circuit and the circuit board; an insulating fixing tape to fix one end of the insulating protection sheet to the frame region of the display cell, the insulating fixing tape extending in a longitudinal direction of the display cell; and a conductive layer formed on the insulating fixing tape and extending in the longitudinal direction of the display cell, and said conductive layer having an edge adjacent the fixing element such that static charges generated in the display cell are discharged through the conductive layer to the fixing element of the metal frame.