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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 25, 2008
Yun-hee Kwak, Seoul, KR;
Jong-woong Chang, Cheonan-si, KR;
Bo-ra Kim, Asan-si, KR;
Jeong-il Kim, Asan-si, KR;
Yun-Hee Kwak, Seoul, KR;
Jong-Woong Chang, Cheonan-si, KR;
Bo-Ra Kim, Asan-si, KR;
Jeong-Il Kim, Asan-si, KR;
Abstract
A display apparatus includes a display panel including gate and data lines disposed thereon, and a plurality of driver integrated circuits ('ICs') on the display panel and electrically connected to data lines. Flexible printed circuit boards ('FPCBs') are disposed on the display panel and a printed circuit board to apply the control signal and the image signal from the printed circuit board to the driver ICs. There are less FPCBs than driver ICs. The driver ICs are divided into first and second driver groups; the data lines are divided into first and second groups of data lines. Driver ICs of the first driver group are directly connected to corresponding FPCBs, and driver ICs of the second driver group are connected to adjacent driver ICs. Each driver integrated circuit of the first driver group outputs a first repair signal to repair a data line of the first group of data lines.