Abstract:
A liquid crystal display (LCD) panel simplifying its testing and manufacturing. The LCD panel includes (formed on a substrate) gate lines, data lines, and pixels including pixel transistors. The LCD panel further includes a plurality test transistors (e.g., data test transistors for driving the odd and even data lines) formed in a package region of a driving IC (integrated circuit) configured to drive the data lines. The plurality of test transistors may be selectively activated (turned ON) during testing before the driving integrated circuit (Driver IC package) is attached (e.g., fixed) to the driving IC package region. The LCD panel may further include a plurality of gate test transistors configured to drive the odd and even gate lines.
Abstract:
In an LCD panel substrate and a manufacturing method thereof, a gate pattern includes a gate line formed on a pixel region and a peripheral region of a transparent insulating substrate and a gate electrode branched from the gate line. A gate insulating film is formed on the substrate having the gate pattern. An active pattern is formed on the gate insulating film and including a first impurity region, a second impurity region, and a channel region therebetween. A data pattern is formed on the active pattern and the gate insulating film. The data pattern includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a data line. A first insulating interlayer is formed on the data pattern and the gate insulating film. The first insulating interlayer includes a first contact hole for partially exposing the first electrode, a second contact hole for exposing the gate electrode of a first drive transistor of the peripheral region and a third contact hole for exposing the first/second electrode of a second drive transistor of the peripheral region. An electrode pattern part is formed on the first insulating interlayer. The electrode pattern part includes a first electrode pattern coupled to the first electrode of the pixel region through the first contact hole, and a second electrode pattern connecting the partially exposed gate electrode of the first drive transistor with the exposed first/second electrode of the second drive transistor through the second and third contact holes.
Abstract:
A display device includes a display panel, first and second gate drivers and a data driver. The display panel includes pixel regions respectively having first, second and third pixels. The first pixel is coupled to first, second gate lines and a data line. The second gate line is adjacent to the first gate line. The second pixel is coupled to the first gate line and a first data line. The third pixel is coupled to the first gate line and a second data line. The first gate driver provides the first gate line with a first gate driving signal, and the second gate driver provides the second gate line with a second gate driving signal. The data driver provides first and second data lines with image signal. The display quality of the display device may be enhanced and the number of the data lines may be reduced.