Patent ID: 8432506

Claim:
A method of repairing a liquid crystal display (LCD) device without affecting a pixel aperture ratio of said LCD, said LCD device comprising a display driver, an active area including pixels, and a first signal line, said first signal line connecting said display driver with said active area, said first signal line having a defect outside the active area, said method comprising: disposing a repair line above the first signal line between said display driver and said active area, wherein said repair line and said first signal line have at least two crossovers without electrical connection to each other, said two crossovers are located on opposite sides of said defect that is outside the active area, and said repair line is continuous between said two crossovers; shorting said repair line and said first signal line at said two crossovers; and cutting said first signal line at a location between said defect and any one of said crossovers; cutting a first or second section of the repair line at a location between the first signal line having the defect and another signal line adjacent to the first signal line having the defect.