Thin film transistor array substrate for preventing static electricity and manufacturing method thereof
AssigneeLG. Philips LCD Co., Ltd.
InventorWoo Hyuk Choi
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Abstract
A thin film transistor array substrate for a liquid crystal display includes a plurality of thin film transistors, a plurality of data lines each connected to respective ones of the thin film transistors, the data lines including odd data lines and even data lines, an odd shorting bar commonly connected to the odd data lines of the data lines, an even shorting bar commonly connected to the even data lines of the data lines, and an equal potential shorting bar commonly connecting the odd data lines with the even data lines to form an equal potential.
Claims20
A thin film transistor array substrate for a liquid crystal display, comprising:
- a plurality of thin film transistors;
- a plurality of data lines each connected to respective ones of the thin film transistors, the data lines including odd data lines and even data lines;
- an odd shorting bar commonly connected to the odd data lines of the data lines;
- an even shorting bar commonly connected to the even data lines of the data lines;
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- an equal potential shorting bar commonly connecting the odd data lines with the even data lines to form an equal potential.
A method of manufacturing a thin film transistor array substrate of a liquid crystal display including thin film transistors, data lines connected to the thin film transistors, an odd shorting bar commonly connected to odd data lines of the data lines, and an even shorting bar commonly connected to even data lines of the data lines, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing the data lines, the thin film transistors, the odd shorting bar, the even shorting bar, and an equal potential shorting bar on a substrate, the equal potential shorting bar commonly connecting the odd data lines with the even data lines to form an equal potential;
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- providing an opening hole to define discontinuities along the equal potential shorting bar between each odd data line and each even data line.
A method of manufacturing a thin film transistor array substrate of a liquid crystal display including thin film transistors, data lines connected to the thin film transistors, a first shorting bar commonly connected to a first set of the data lines, and a second shorting bar commonly connected to a second set of the data lines, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing the data lines, the thin film transistors, the first shorting bar, the second shorting bar, and an equal potential shorting bar on a substrate, the equal potential shorting bar commonly connecting the first and second sets of data lines to form an equal potential;
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- providing an opening hole to define discontinuities along the equal potential shorting bar between each data line.
A method of manufacturing a thin film transistor array substrate, comprising the steps of:
- providing a plurality of data lines, a plurality of thin film transistors, such that each data line is connected with a respective thin film transistor, a first electrical connection system interconnecting a first set of the data lines, a second electrical connection system interconnecting a second set of the data lines, and a third electrical connection system interconnecting all of the data lines;
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- providing at least one opening hole in the third electrical connection system to define discontinuities in the third electrical connection system, after providing the at least one opening hole, the first set of data lines remaining electrically connected, the second set of data lines remaining electrically connected, and the first and second sets of data lines being electrically isolated from each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.