Inspection apparatus and inspection method

An inspection method of inspecting each wire of an object to be inspected in which a plurality of x-axis wires and a plurality of y-axis wires are arranged perpendicular to each other, each x-axis wire comprising an x-axis display wire and an x-axis tab wire, each y-axis wire comprising a y-axis display wire and a y-axis tab wire, said inspection method comprising:

• supplying an alternating current (AC) signal to the tab wire of the wire as an inspection object;
• detecting a first detection signal detected from a first electrode unit electrically connected in a non-contact manner to one end of the display wire of the wire as the inspection object, and a second detection signal detected from a second electrode unit disposed opposed to all the x-axis display wires and the y-axis display wires, and electrically connected in the non-contact manner to the display wires;
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• inspecting the wire as the inspection object on the basis of the first detection signal and the second detection signal.

An inspection apparatus configured to inspect each wire of an object to be inspected in which a plurality of x-axis wires and a plurality of y-axis wires are arranged perpendicular to each other, each x-axis wire comprising an x-axis display wire and an x-axis tab wire, each y-axis wire comprising a y-axis display wire and a y-axis tab wire, said inspection apparatus comprising:

• a power supply device configured to supply an alternating current (AC) signal to the wire as an inspection object;
• a connecting device configured to be in conductive contact with the tab wire of the wire as the inspection object and to transmit the AC signal;
• a first detecting device conductively connected to one end of the power supply device and configured to be disposed in a non-contact manner at one end of the display wire of the wire as the inspection object;
• a second detecting device conductively connected to the one end of the power supply device and configured to be disposed in the non-contact manner and opposed to the display wire of the wire as the inspection object;
• a first measuring device configured to measure an electrical signal between the first detecting device and the power supply device;
• a second measuring device configured to measure an electrical signal between the second detecting device and the power supply device;
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• a determining device configured to determine quality of the wire as the inspection object on the basis of measurement results of the first measuring device and the second measuring device.