Patent ID: 7944538

Claim:
A liquid crystal display device comprising a pixel area for performing display and a peripheral area present in the periphery of the pixel area, on a substrate, wherein: the pixel area is formed with m gate lines arranged in parallel in one direction and a plurality of drain lines arranged to intersect the m gate lines, the m gate lines include a plurality of first gate lines and a plurality of second gate lines, the plurality of first gate lines are first to kth gate lines which are arranged in order among the m gate lines arranged in parallel in one direction, the plurality of second gate lines are (k+1)th to mth gate lines which are arranged in order among the m gate lines arranged in parallel in one direction, the peripheral area includes a plurality of first gate connecting lines connected correspondingly to the respective plurality of first to kth first gate lines and a plurality of second gate connecting lines connected correspondingly to the respective plurality of (k+1)th to mth second gate lines, the plurality of first gate connecting lines are formed in a first layer, and the plurality of second gate connecting lines are formed in a second layer different from the first layer.