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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 1994
Filed:
Apr. 18, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Dora Plus, South Bound Brook, NJ (US);
Peter M Freitag, Franklin Park, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Thomson, S.A., Courbevoie, FR;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
345 93 ;
Abstract
A data line defect avoidance structure for a display device having an array of display elements arranged in rows and columns includes a plurality of repair lines overlapping the ends of data lines which extend between the columns. Each repair line spans a set of data lines, and there is a sufficient number of repair lines to span all the data lines in the array. One end of each repair line can be welded to a data line during fabrication to decrease the number of steps required for avoiding an open in a data line.