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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2004
Katsunori Nagata, Yamatokoriyama, JP;
Katsunori Nagata, Yamatokoriyama, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
Provided is a display device featuring its capability to securely prevent static electricity from intruding into spare wiring units preset in a display panel and prevent the display device itself from becoming larger dimensionally. A plurality of terminals of signal wirings and a plurality of terminals of spare wiring units respectively linking with a tape carrier package (TCP) are disposed to an end of a TFT substrate for constituting the display panel. Each of the terminals of the spare wiring units is divided into two parts, which are arranged to be discontinuous on the halfway. An open space is formed in each of the tape carrier package so as to cause the spare wiring terminals to be exposed externally via the open space. When any of the signal wirings has been disconnected, the disconnected signal wiring is connected to a spare wiring followed by a process for interconnecting the two portions of the terminal of the corresponding spare wiring, thereby completing a predetermined repairing process against the faulty wire connection.