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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2001
Soon-Sung Yoo, Kyoungsangbuk-do, KR;
Dong-Yeung Kwak, Taegu-shi, KR;
Hoo-Sung Kim, Seoul, KR;
Yu-Ho Jung, Kyoungsangbuk-do, KR;
Yong-Wan Kim, Kyoungsangbuk-do, KR;
Dug-Jin Park, Taegu-shi, KR;
Woo-Chae Lee, Kyoungsangbuk-do, KR;
LG. Philips LCD Co., Ltd., Seoul, KR;
Abstract
An electrostatic damage preventing apparatus for a thin film transistor array of a liquid crystal display includes a horizontal ground voltage line disposed at a first perimeter portion of the thin film transistor array, a vertical ground voltage line disposed at a second perimeter portion of the thin film transistor array, and a first electrostatic damage-preventing switching device group including parallel connection of at least two electrostatic damage-preventing switching devices to divide and divert an electrostatic voltage applied over the horizontal ground voltage line.