Liquid crystal display
AssigneeLG. Philips LCD Co., Ltd.
InventorsDong-Young Kwak, Ki-Tae Kim
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Abstract
A liquid crystal display includes an image display part including a gate line; a data line; a switching device connected electrically to the data and gate lines; an organic insulating layer having a contact hole and covering the switching device; and a pixel electrode on the organic insulating layer connected to the electrode of the switching device through the contact hole. A peripheral part surrounding the image display part includes wires and devices having gate and data pad links and electrostatic discharge devices, and a pattern isolated from the wires and devices, the pattern having a part that is exposed. An alignment layer covers the exposed part of the pattern.
Claims16
A liquid crystal display comprising:
- an image display part including:
- a gate line;
- a data line;
- a switching device connected electrically to the data and gate lines;
- an organic insulating layer having a contact hole and covering the switching device;
- and
- a pixel electrode on the organic insulating layer connected to the electrode of the switching device through the contact hole;
- a peripheral part surrounding the image display part, the peripheral part including:
- wires and devices including gate and data pad links and electrostatic discharge devices and
- a pattern is isolated from the wires and devices, the pattern having a part that is exposed;
- and
- an alignment layer covering the exposed part of the pattern.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.