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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 1995
Filed:
Dec. 21, 1993
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An active matrix type liquid crystal display panel including a first and a second insulating substrates which face each other is disclosed. The first insulating substrate includes: first bus lines formed on a face of the first insulating substrate, the face facing the second insulting substrate; second bus lines crossing the first bus lines; a short-circuit line for short-circuiting the first bus lines to the second bus lines, the short-circuit line crossing the first bus lines at end portions thereof and crossing the second bus lines at end portions thereof; and a plurality of elements for electrically connecting the short-circuit line to one of the first bus lines and the second bus lines, the elements being respectively formed at the crossings of the short-circuit line and the first bus lines and at the crossings of the short-circuit line and the second bus lines. Each of the elements includes: part of a corresponding one of the end portions of the first bus lines or part of a corresponding one of the end portions of the second bus lines; a corresponding part of the short-circuit line; and an insulating thin film formed between the short-circuit line and the corresponding one of the end portions of the first bus lines or the corresponding one of the end portion of the second bus lines.