Display device
View Patent ↗A display device includes a display area and a terminal area formed outside the display area. The display area has a plurality of scanning lines and a plurality of video signal lines that cross the scanning lines. The terminal area has a first terminal having a semiconductor chip connected thereto, a first line, a second line, and an inspection thin-film transistor. The inspection thin-film transistor has a gate electrode connected to the first line, a source electrode connected to the second line, and a drain electrode. The first terminal is connected to any of the plurality of scanning lines and the plurality of video signal lines.
1. A display device comprising:
a display area; and
a terminal area outside the display area,
the display area including:
a plurality of TFTs;
a plurality of scanning lines connected to the plurality of TFTs; and
a plurality of video signal lines connected to the plurality of TFTs,
the terminal area including:
a first terminal and a second terminal to which a semiconductor chip is connected;
a first line;
a second line;
a third line; and
a first inspection thin-filter transistor and a second inspection thin-film transistor,
the first inspection thin-film transistor including:
a gate electrode connected to the first line;
a source electrode connected to the second line; and
a drain electrode, connected to the first terminal,
the second inspection thin-film transistor including:
a gate electrode connected to the first line;
a source electrode connected to the third line; and
a drain electrode connected to the second terminal,
wherein the first inspection thin-film transistor is disposed between the first terminal and the substrate, and the second inspection thin-film transistor is disposed between the second terminal and the substrate,
wherein the drain electrode of the first inspection thin-film transistor is connected one of the plurality of video signal lines by a first metal layer, the drain electrode of the second inspection thin-film transistor is connected to one of the plurality of video signal lines by a second metal layer that is a different layer than that of the first metal layer, via the first metal layer and an insulating film, and
wherein the first line is formed by the first metal layer, the first line is arranged along the first metal layer connected to the drain electrode of the first inspection thin-film transistor.
2. The display device according to claim 1 , where the first terminal and the second terminal are transparent conductive film disposed over a substrate.
3. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the first terminal and the second terminal are electrically connected to the semiconductor chip.
4. The display device according to claim 3 , wherein the first terminal and the second terminal are connected to bumps of the semiconductor chip via an anisotropic conductive film.
5. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein, the source electrode of the second inspection thin-film transistor is connected to the second metal layer, and
the distance between the first metal layer connected to the drain electrode of the first inspection thin-film transistor and the first line is small than distance between the first metal layer connected to the drain electrode of the second inspection thin-film transistor and the first line.