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US 10,481,448 B2Granted
Liquid crystal display
AssigneesHannStar Display (Nanjing) Corporation, Hannstar Display Corp.
InventorsChia-Hua Yu, Sung-Chun Lin, Hsuan-Chen Liu, Chien-Ting Chan
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Abstract
A liquid crystal display device includes a plurality of pixel units, an electrode line surrounding the pixel units, at least one gate driver coupled with the pixel units via a plurality of gate lines, and at least one electrostatic discharge protection circuit coupled with the at least one gate driver and the electrode line.
Claims11
A liquid crystal display device, comprising:
- a plurality of pixel units;
- a first electrode line, wherein the first electrode line is an enclosed conductive ring surrounding the pixel units;
- a gate driver coupled with at least some of the pixel units via a plurality of gate lines, wherein the gate driver includes a plurality of signal lines and a plurality of shift registers coupled between the signal lines and the plurality of gate lines, and a plurality of control signals are transmitted to the shift registers through the signal lines;
- another gate driver coupled with at least some of the pixel units, wherein the gate driver and the another gate driver are respectively disposed at two opposite sides of an active region of the liquid crystal display device;
- an electrostatic discharge protection circuit coupled with the gate driver;
- another electrostatic discharge protection circuit coupled with the another gate driver, wherein the another electrostatic discharge protection circuit is electrically connected to the first electrode line;
- a second electrode line, wherein the second electrode line is a non-enclosed conductive ring surrounding the first electrode line, and the gate driver is disposed between the first electrode line and the second electrode line;
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- a conductive line, wherein the first electrode line and the second electrode line are electrically connected together through the conductive line;
- wherein a common voltage is applied to the first electrode line and the second electrode line, and the electrostatic discharge protection circuit is electrically connected to the signal lines and the first electrode line.
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A liquid crystal display device, comprising:
- a plurality of pixel units;
- a first electrode line, wherein the first electrode line is an enclosed conductive ring surrounding the pixel units;
- a gate driver coupled with at least some of the pixel units via a plurality of gate lines, wherein the gate driver includes a plurality of signal lines and a plurality of shift registers coupled between the signals lines and the gate lines, and a plurality of control signals are transmitted to the shift registers through the signal lines;
- a first electrostatic discharge protection circuit coupled with a front end of the gate driver;
- a second electrode line, wherein the second electrode line is a non-enclosed conductive ring surrounding the first electrode line, and the gate driver is disposed between the first electrode line and the second electrode line;
- another gate driver coupled with at least some of the pixel units, wherein the gate driver and the another gate driver are respectively disposed at two opposite sides of an active region of the liquid crystal display device;
- another first electrostatic discharge protection circuit coupled with a front end of the another gate driver, wherein the another first electrostatic discharge protection circuit is electrically connected to the first electrode line;
- a second electrostatic discharge protection circuit coupled with a back end of the gate driver;
- another second electrostatic discharge protection circuit coupled with a back end of the another gate driver, wherein the another second electrostatic discharge protection circuit is electrically connected to the second electrode line;
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- a conductive line, wherein the first electrode line and the second electrode line are electrically connected together through the conductive line;
- wherein a common voltage is applied to the first electrode line and the second electrode line, the first electrostatic discharge protection circuit is electrically connected to the signal lines and the first electrode line, and the second electrostatic discharge protection circuit is electrically connected to the signal lines and the second electrode line.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.