Patent ID: 8421724

Claim:
A liquid crystal display device comprising: a plurality of pixels disposed in a matrix manner; scanning wires to which scanning signals are applied; signal wires to which data signals are applied, the signal wires crossing the scanning wires in such a manner that each of intersections of the scanning wires and the signal wires corresponds to each of the plurality of pixels; switching elements, electrically connected to the scanning wires and the signal wires, each of the switching elements being provided in a vicinity of each of the intersections of the scanning wires and the signal wires; pixel electrodes connected to the switching elements; a dummy pixel, provided externally adjacent to an endmost pixel column, that is connected to a dummy signal wire; wherein the dummy pixel and the dummy signal wire are provided outside leftmost pixels; a source driver for supplying the data signals to the signal wires; a spare wire driving output buffer, provided on the source driver in advance, that connects a spare wire for restoring one of the signal wires that has been disconnected; and wherein the spare wire driving output buffer is used also as a dummy pixel driving output buffer.