Patent ID: 8581813

Claim:
A display device having pixel portions each driven by way of a respective gate line and by way of a respective data line, the display device further comprising: a display panel comprising: a lower substrate having a display area surrounded by peripheral areas, said peripheral areas including a first peripheral area (PA 1 ) disposed at a bottom portion of the lower substrate, a second peripheral area (PA 2 ) disposed at a first side portion of the lower substrate, a third peripheral area (PA 3 ) disposed at an opposed second side portion of the lower substrate and a fourth peripheral area (PA 4 ) disposed at a top portion of the lower substrate opposite to the bottom portion, the second and third peripheral areas (PA 2 , PA 3 ) extending between and connecting at their ends of extension to the first and fourth peripheral areas (PA 1 , PA 4 ), the lower substrate further including a plurality of the pixel portions which plurality is formed in the display area, at least one output pad formed in the fourth peripheral area and at least one connection line integral with and extending through at least one of the second and third peripheral areas (PA 2 , PA 3 ) and into the fourth peripheral area and electrically connecting to the at least one output pad of the fourth peripheral area, where the at least one connection line is not connected to drive the pixel portions of the display device; an upper substrate spaced apart from and facing the lower substrate; and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the lower and upper substrates; at least one application module disposed adjacent to the fourth peripheral area; at least one printed circuit film extending from the fourth peripheral area and electrically connecting the output pad to the application module; and a main driving unit coupled electrically by way of the first peripheral area of the lower substrate to the display panel and to the at least one application module, the main driving unit comprising: a display panel controlling section configured to control drivings of all the gate lines and of all the data lines of the display device and to thus control driving of the display panel; and an application driving section configured to interface with the application module; wherein the application driving section is electrically connected to the output pad by way of the connection line to thereby interface with the application module.