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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2008
Applicants:
Hiroshi Yoshida, Osaka, JP;
Mutsumi Nakajima, Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Hiroshi Yoshida, Osaka, JP;
Mutsumi Nakajima, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 5/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A repair step of repairing a pixel resulting in a defective bright spot so as to display the pixel in black is included. In the repair step, a drain portion of a TFT of the pixel resulting in the defective bright spot is shorted to a corresponding gate line, and in the pixel resulting in the defective bright spot, a semiconductor layer portion of the TFT is cut to allow electrical isolation between a corresponding source line and the corresponding gate line.