Display device including electrostatic discharge circuit

A display device, comprising:

• a thin film transistor array panel comprising a display area having a plurality of pixels and a peripheral area outside the display area;
• a signal wire disposed in the peripheral area;
• and
• a static electricity discharge circuit unit disposed in the peripheral area and electrically connected to the signal wire,
• wherein the static electricity discharge circuit comprises:
• a plurality of first static electricity discharge diodes, each of the plurality of first static electricity discharge diodes electrically connected to the signal wire,
• a first shorting bar electrically connected to the plurality of first static electricity discharge diodes,
• a second shorting bar directly connected to the first shorting bar and substantially parallel to the first shorting bar, and
• a plurality of second static electricity discharge diodes, each of the plurality of second static electricity discharge diodes electrically connected to the second shorting bar.