There is provided a display device that suppresses an electrostatic discharge failure in a manufacturing stage, and improves a yield. A substrate provided in the display device includes: a display unit in which a plurality of pixel circuits, and a common electrode are formed; N (integer satisfying N≧3) gate signal lines extending in the display unit; a gate driver circuit in which N shift register circuits connected to the respective gate signal lines to supply a gate signal are arranged outside of the display unit side by side; a common voltage main line arranged further outside of the gate driver circuit with respect to the display unit; and M common voltage sub-lines extending in M (1≦M<N−1) spacings among (N−1) spacings between the respective N shift register circuits which are arranged side by side, from the common voltage main lines to the common electrode.
1. A display device having a substrate, the substrate comprising:
a display unit in which a plurality of pixel circuits, and a common electrode for applying a common reference voltage to the plurality of pixel circuits are formed;
N (integer satisfying N≧3) gate signal lines that extend in the display unit;
a gate driver circuit in which N shift register circuits that are connected to the respective gate signal lines to supply a gate signal are arranged side by side outside of the display unit;
a common voltage main line that is arranged further outside of the gate driver circuit with respect to the display unit so that the gate driver circuit is located between the common voltage main line and the display unit; and
M common voltage sub-lines that extend in M (1≦M<N−1) spacings among (N−1) spacings between the respective N shift register circuits which are arranged side by side, from the common voltage main line to the common electrode.
2. The display device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the common voltage main line includes a superposition structure in which a plurality of conductive layers are stacked on each other through insulating layers.
3. The display device according to claim 2 ,
wherein the substrate further comprises a plurality of video signal lines that extend to the display unit,
wherein the plurality of conductive layers include the conductive layers made layer comprised of the same material as that of the plurality of video signal lines.
4. The display device according to claim 2 ,
wherein each of the pixel circuits includes a thin film transistor, and
wherein the plurality of conductive layers include the conductive layers comprised of the same material as that of a gate electrode of the thin film transistor.
5. The display device according to claims 2 ,
wherein an uppermost layer of the plurality of conductive layers is a conductive layer comprised of the same material as that of the common electrode.
6. The display device according to claim 5 ,
wherein the material of the common electrode comprises indium tin oxide.
7. A display device having a substrate, the substrate comprising:
a display unit in which a plurality of pixel circuits, and a common electrode for applying a common reference voltage to the plurality of pixel circuits are formed;
N (integer satisfying N≧3) gate signal lines that extend in the display unit;
a pair of gate driver circuits arranged on opposite sides of the display unit, each including N shift register circuits that are connected to the respective gate signal lines to supply a gate signal, said shift register circuits being arranged side by side;
a pair of common voltage main lines that are arranged on opposite sides of the display unit from one another and arranged further outside of the gate driver circuits with respect to the display unit so that the display unit and the gate driver circuits are located between the pair of common voltage main lines; and
M common voltage sub-lines that extend in M (1≦M<N−1) spacings among (N−1) spacings between the respective N shift register circuits which are arranged side by side, from the common voltage main lines to the common electrode.
8. The display device according to claim 7 ,
wherein the common voltage main lines each include a superposition structure in which a plurality of conductive layers are stacked on each other through insulating layers.
9. The display device according to claim 8 ,
wherein the substrate further comprises a plurality of video signal lines that extend to the display unit,
wherein the plurality of conductive layers include the conductive layers comprised of the same material as that of the plurality of video signal lines.
10. The display device according to claim 8 ,
wherein each of the pixel circuits includes a thin film transistor, and
wherein the plurality of conductive layers include the conductive layers comprised of the same material as that of a gate electrode of the thin film transistor.
11. The display device according to claim 8 ,
wherein an uppermost layer of the plurality of conductive layers is a conductive layer comprised of the same material as that of the common electrode.
12. The display device according to claim 11 ,
wherein the material of the common electrode comprises indium tin oxide.