Patent ID: 8665411

Claim:
A display device comprising: a first substrate including a side edge; a plurality of first conductive lines extending over the first substrate in a first direction; a plurality of second conductive lines extending over the first substrate in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction; a plurality of first thin film transistors electrically connected to the first conductive lines and the second conductive lines; a plurality of pixel electrodes electrically connected to the first thin film transistors; an interlayer insulating film disposed between the first conductive lines and the second conductive lines; a second substrate opposed to the first substrate; a sealing member disposed between the first and second substrates, the sealing member including a portion adjacent to the side edge; a driver circuit comprising at least one second thin film transistor over the first substrate, the driver circuit disposed between the side edge and a pixel portion, wherein at least a portion of the driver circuit is located within a region surrounded by the sealing member; and a conductive layer comprising a same material as the plurality of second conductive lines and disposed between the portion of the sealing member and the first substrate; and wherein the conductive layer continuously extends along the side edge of the first substrate for more than a pitch of adjacent ones of the second conductive lines, and is electrically isolated from both of the plurality of first conductive lines and the plurality of second conductive lines.