Abstract: A display apparatus includes a gate driver which sequentially outputs a gate signal at a high state in response to a gate control signal and a data driver which converts image data into a data signal in response to a data control signal. The display apparatus further includes a display panel which includes a plurality of gate lines which sequentially receive the gate signal, a plurality of data lines which receive the data signal and a plurality of pixels connected to the gate and data lines and which receive the data signal in response to the gate signal to display an image. The polarity of the data signal is inverted after the gate signal transitions to a low state.

Abstract: A thin film transistor substrate includes; a substrate, a plurality of gate lines disposed on the substrate, a plurality of data lines disposed substantially perpendicular to the gate lines, wherein the plurality of data liens include a plurality of outermost data lines, a plurality of thin film transistors (“TFTs”) connected to the gate and data lines, a plurality of pixel electrodes connected to the plurality of TFTs, and a plurality of dummy patterns connected to the outermost data lines.

Abstract: A spacer includes a spacer main body and a coating layer. The coating layer encompasses the spacer main body and comprises a hyper branch polymer.

Abstract: A gate driving circuit and a display apparatus having the gate driving circuit include a pull-up part and a carry part pull up a present gate signal and a present carry signal, respectively, to a first clock during a first period within one frame. A pull-down part receives a next gate signal to discharge the present gate signal to a source power voltage. A pull-up driving part is connected to control terminals of the carry part and pull-up part (Q-node) to turn the carry part and pull-up part on and off. A floating preventing part prevents an output terminal of the carry part from being floated in response to the first clock during a second period within the one frame.

Abstract: Disclosed is a display device. The display device includes first and second substrates facing each other, a sealant pattern including a first compound attaching the first and the second substrates together, and a separator pattern within the sealant pattern. The separator pattern includes a second compound chemically reacting with the first compound to block the diffusion of the first compound.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display (“LCD”) includes a data interconnection line including a data line, a source electrode as a branch of the data line, and a drain electrode formed spaced apart from the source electrode, a semiconductor layer formed under the data interconnection line and connected to the source electrode and the drain electrode below the source electrode and the drain electrode and forming a channel region, and a gate interconnection line formed under the semiconductor layer and including a gate line intersecting the data line, the gate line extending in a first direction and the data line extending in a second direction, and a gate electrode branched from the gate line, wherein the gate line includes a first recess having a first width and a first length.

Abstract: An array substrate includes a display region having a plurality of pixel parts and a peripheral region surrounding the display region. The array substrate also includes a switching element, a pixel element, a metal pattern, a pixel electrode pattern and an alignment layer. The switching element is in each of the pixel parts. The switching element is electrically connected to gate and source lines. The pixel electrode is electrically connected to the switching element. The metal pattern part is in the peripheral region. The pixel electrode pattern part is on the metal pattern part. The alignment layer is on the pixel electrode and the pixel electrode pattern part. Therefore, the array substrate may be securely combined with an alignment substrate to improve an impact resistance of a display device.

Abstract: A panel assembly for a display device and a display device having the panel assembly are provided. The panel assembly for a display device includes a display region including a plurality of pixels and most of display signal lines connected to the pixels, a plurality of repair lines disposed in a shape of a ring in a peripheral region outside of the display region, and first to third auxiliary repair lines disposed in the peripheral region in parallel to data lines. An additional auxiliary repair line is provided at a right side of each of the data driving IC regions. By doing so, occurrence of disconnection and success in repairing the disconnected data lines of a display penal which is mounted in a COG scheme is tested by using a TCP type of test unit, so that it is possible to greatly reduce production costs involved in the COG type test unit.

Abstract: A display device including a plurality of pixel electrodes arranged in a matrix including rows and columns and a plurality switching elements coupled with the pixel electrodes; a plurality of gate lines coupled with the switching elements and extending in a row direction, at least two gate lines assigned to a row; and a plurality of data lines coupled with the switching elements and extending in a column direction, a data line assigned to at least two columns, wherein each of the pixel electrodes has a first side and a second side that is farther from a data line than the first side, and the switching elements are disposed near the second sides of the pixel electrodes.

Abstract: In a driving unit (e.g., a gate driving unit) and a flat panel display apparatus having the driving unit, a circuit portion of the driving unit includes a plurality of driving stages cascade-connected to one another and outputs a (gate) driver signal (a plurality of gate-driving signals) based on a plurality of control signals. The line portion comprises a first signal line and a second signal line, each of which transmits control signals from the outside, and a first connection line connecting the first signal line to the driving stages, and a second connection line connecting the second signal line to the driving stages. The second signal line is positioned at a different (metallization) layer from the first signal line and the first and second connection lines. Therefore, malfunctioning of the driving unit caused by corrosion may be prevented.