Abstract: A repairing structure of an LCD is provided, which includes at least a first conductive layer, an insulating layer located on the first conductive layer, at least a second conductive layer located on the insulating layer, and an opening located on the first conductive layer in a crossing region where the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer are overlapped. A repairing method of the repairing structure is further provided.

Abstract: When a defective pixel causing light leakage is detected in a flat display panel, an optical modulation region is formed in a substrate by emitting a laser beam such that a virtual image is displayed at a position corresponding to the defective pixel. Accordingly, quality of the flat display panel may be improved thereby increasing manufacturing process yield.

Abstract: An LCD and an LCD repairing method are provided. The LCD repairing method includes forming a hole on a first or second substrate at a position corresponding to a defective pixel and forming a pigment in the hole. The LCD includes a first substrate on which a pixel electrode and a TFT are formed in a pixel region formed in a matrix pattern, a second substrate on which a color filter layer and a black matrix are formed, the second substrate facing the first substrate, a hole formed on an outer surface of the first or second substrate to repair a defective pixel, and a repair pattern formed in the hole.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device and its fabricating method are discussed. According to an embodiment, the liquid crystal display at least one signal line disposed in a display area and extending to a non-display area located outside the display area, a common line crossing the signal line in the non-display area, at least one static electricity preventing element connected between the common line and the signal line in the non-display area, and at least one static electricity preventing auxiliary electrode projected towards the signal line from the static electricity preventing element in the non-display area.

Abstract: A display device which can suppress an afterimage phenomenon from occurring includes a first plate including a pixel electrode which is disposed in a transmitting region and a first impurity adsorption electrode which is disposed in a light-shielding region and is separated from the pixel electrode, a second plate facing the first plate and including a second impurity adsorption electrode which is disposed in the light-shielding region to face the first impurity adsorption electrode, and an intermediate layer interposed between the first plate and the second plate.

Abstract: A flat panel display device and a picture quality controlling method thereof is provided. The flat panel display device includes a display panel. A memory stores location information about a panel defect location on the display panel and a compensation value to be dispersed for a plurality of frame periods. A compensating part detects the data to be displayed at the panel defect location and adjusts the data to be displayed at the panel defect location with the compensation value from the memory.

Abstract: A tool for use in affixing an optical component, such as glass, to a liquid crystal display (LCD) using a silicone gel mixture of dimethyl siloxane and a vinyl terminated dimethyl polymer includes, in one embodiment, a unitary metallic platen that is shaped to define a central window. A narrow shelf is defined around the outer periphery of the central window, the shelf serving to support the optical component during the application of the silicone gel thereon. A upwardly extending partition is formed onto the top surface of the platen around the shelf, the partition serving, among other things, to retain the optical component fixed in place on the platen during the assembly process. A plurality of identical, spaced apart, upwardly extending standoffs are formed onto the free end of the partition and are designed to support the LCD a fixed distance away from the optical component.

Abstract: A display panel and a repair method thereof are disclosed. The display panel comprises a plurality of signal lines, having at least one first repair line and at least one second repair line. The first repair line and the second repair line are respectively disposed at both sides of the signal lines, and the signal lines are partially overlapped. The method comprises: electrically connecting the broken signal line and the first repair line; electrically connecting the broken signal line and the second repair line; and utilizing a flexible conductive component to electrically connect the first repair line and the second repair line.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device with a repair structure that facilitates repair of a short circuit or an open circuit. In the device, a gate line is formed on an insulating substrate and a gate electrode is integral to the gate line. A semiconductor layer is formed on the gate electrode with having an insulating film therebetween. A data line is crossed with the gate electrode, and a source electrode is integral to the data line on the semiconductor layer and the gate electrode. A drain electrode is spaced oppositely the source electrode. A protective film has a first contact hole at the drain electrode. A pixel electrode is formed on the protective film and is connected, via the contact hole, to the drain electrode. The pixel electrode has an area overlapped partially with the data line and is spaced from the gate line by a desired length (?) at one or more corners thereof.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an inspection apparatus for liquid crystal display panels, which can perform inspection for orientation abnormality of the liquid crystal display panels while maintaining a uniform temperature. The inspection apparatus comprises a heating chamber to heat a plurality of LCD panels received in a cassette, an inspection unit positioned near the heating chamber to receive the LCD panels heated by the heating chamber, and to inspect abnormality of each LCD panel, and a panel transferring part to withdraw each of the LCD panels from the cassette and supply each of the LCD panels to the inspection unit, and to withdraw each of the LCD panels from the inspection unit and supply each of the LCD panels to the cassette while moving between the cassette and the inspection unit.

Abstract: A thin film transistor substrate and a fabricating method that includes an opening hole that separates a gate shorting line connected to a gate shorting bar used upon a lighting-inspecting of a gate line into an odd and an even gate shorting line is provided.

Abstract: A flat display panel includes a plurality of bridge lines disposed between adjacent common lines. When a short defect occurs, the common line near the short defect can be directly cut off in order to repair the short defect and the common voltage can be transferred through the bridge lines to maintain the normal operation of the flat display panel.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device 10 of the present invention includes a liquid crystal panel 11 and a lighting device 12. The liquid crystal panel 11 has a liquid crystal layer 50 between a pair of glass substrates 31 and 41. The lighting device 12 supplies illumination light to the liquid crystal panel 11. The glass substrate 31 at least has a colored portion including a nonbridging oxygen hole center in an area that can block light to luminance defect area X that is a possible cause of a luminance point defect.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device 10 of the present invention includes a liquid crystal panel 11 and a lighting device 12. The liquid crystal panel 11 has a liquid crystal layer 50 between a pair of glass substrates 31 and 41. The lighting device 12 provides illumination light to the liquid crystal panel 11. A concave lens 60 is formed on the glass substrate 41 among the pair of glass substrates 31 and 41, which is arranged on a side opposite from the lighting device 12. The concave lens 60 has a recess on a surface of glass substrate 41 on an opposite side from the liquid crystal layer 50 in an area overlapping a black dot failure occurrence area when viewed in plan. A light transmissive material 70 having a refraction index equal to or higher than the glass substrate 41 is applied to at least a part of the concave lens 60.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device 10 in accordance with the present invention includes a liquid crystal 11 and a lighting device 12, the liquid crystal panel 11 having a liquid crystal layer 50 provided between a pair of glass substrates 31, 41, the lighting device 12 supplying illumination light to the liquid crystal panel 11. The liquid crystal display device 10 is characterized in that a metal-halide containing region 60 is formed in a position in one of the pair of glass substrates 31, 41. The metal-halide containing region 60 contains a crystal of metal halide which exhibits photochromism in the light supplied from the lighting device 12. The position is capable of blocking light toward a luminance point defect occurrence portion X that becomes a cause of a luminance point defect. The one of the pair of glass substrates 31, 41 is disposed on the lighting device 12 side.

Abstract: In the manufacture of a display device, an object of the invention is to make it possible to easily and precisely measure the amount of beveling of the display panel without an increase in manufacturing costs. In the process of manufacturing a display device, a shorting interconnection (10) is provided near edges of the display panel in order to short-circuit signal interconnections and scanning interconnections (interconnections 3). In a final stage, the shorting interconnection (10) is removed together with a beveled area (A2) by the beveling of the edges of the display panel. The interconnections (3) have marks (11) that are formed near the edges of the substrate and used as reference for the amount of beveling. Each mark (11) is located in a position shifted from the mark (11) of an adjacent interconnection (3) along the length of the interconnections (3).

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device and its fabrication method may prevent occurrence of light leakage generated from the sides of a data line. A dummy pattern at sides of the data line with glass powder as an insulation film may simplify the repairing process. A method for fabricating a liquid crystal display device includes a gate electrode, a gate line, a dummy pattern and a first insulation film that are formed on a substrate. A switching element is formed on a portion of the gate electrode and includes a source electrode, a drain electrode and an active layer. A data line formed at a portion of the dummy pattern. A second insulation film is formed on the substrate and has a first contact hole that exposes a portion of the drain electrode. A pixel electrode is formed on the substrate and is electrically connected with the drain electrode through the first contact hole.

Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of the present invention relates to a display panel having a plurality of pixels, the display panel including a first substrate, and a color filter including a plurality of first color filters disposed on the first substrate and a second color filter having a black color and disposed in the same layer as the first color filters.

Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device and methods for repairing defects in the same. The liquid crystal display includes a display driver, an active area of the display panel, and a first signal line. The first signal line, connected to the display driver and the active area, has a defect. A repair line is disposed above the first signal line between the display driver and the active area, wherein the repair line and the first signal line have at least two overlaps without electrical connection there between. The repair line is continuous between two overlaps which are located at the two sides of the defect. Then the repair line and the first signal line are shorted at the two overlaps. And the first signal line is cut at the locations between the defect and the two overlaps.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device 10 in accordance with the present invention includes a liquid crystal panel 11 and a lighting device 12. The liquid crystal panel 11 has a liquid crystal layer 40 provided between a pair of glass substrates 21, 31. The lighting device supplies illumination light to the liquid crystal panel 11. At least a glass substrate 21, which is one of the pair of glass substrates 21, 31 has a photonic crystal 50 formed in a position capable of blocking light toward a luminance point defect occurrence portion X that is a cause of a luminance point defect. The photonic crystal 50 is capable of absorbing light having a color displayable in the luminance point defect occurrence portion X.

Abstract: A normal transistor CTFT connected to a data signal line DL and a pixel electrode PX and a spare transistor FTFT in a floating state are formed on a gate line GL. When an operational abnormality occurs in the normal transistor CTFT, the normal transistor CTFT is cut off from the data signal line DL and is cut off from the pixel electrode PX connected via a through hole TH by cutting lines CL. Thereafter, the spare transistor FTFT is connected to the data signal line DL and the pixel electrode PX by repair lines RL.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device 10 of the present invention includes a liquid crystal panel 11 and a lighting device 12. The liquid crystal panel 11 has a liquid crystal layer 50 between a pair of glass substrates 31 and 41. The lighting device 12 provides illumination light to the liquid crystal panel 11. An externally communicable void section 63 is formed in the glass substrate 31 among the pair of glass substrates 31 and 41 in an area that can block light toward a luminance point defect occurrence area X, which is a possible cause of a luminance point defect. The externally communicable void section 63 has a void portion 61 that is formed in the glass substrate 31 and a through portion that penetrates from the void portion 61 through an opposite surface of the glass substrate 31 from the liquid crystal layer 50. A light blocking layer 60 is formed in the externally communicable void section 63.

Abstract: An array substrate for a liquid crystal display device includes a gate line and a first storage electrode on a substrate, a data line crossing the gate line to define a first pixel region, a thin film transistor connected to the gate line and the data line, a second storage electrode over the first storage electrode, a first pixel electrode in the first pixel region, the first pixel electrode connected to the thin film transistor and the second storage electrode, the second storage electrode including a first portion over the first storage electrode and a second portion in a second pixel region adjacent to the first pixel region, and a repair pattern for the first pixel region between the second storage electrode and a second pixel electrode in the second pixel region.

Abstract: A display device 1 according to the present invention, having a display area AA capable of image display and a nondisplay area PA provided outside the display area AA, includes a first wiring line 14 and a second wiring line 20 in the nondisplay area PA. The second wiring line 20 is arranged across an insulating layer 17 from the first wiring line 14, so that a crossover section 25 at which the first wiring line 14 intersects with the second wiring line 20 is provided. The second wiring line 20 includes a plurality of branch lines 22, 23 branching therefrom and being located in the crossover section 25, while the first wiring line 14 includes a plurality of slit portions 260A, 270A and the like crossing the branch lines 22, 23.

Abstract: A display device according to the present invention comprises a buffer provided in association with each wiring constituting a group of wirings serving as signal lines of a display panel in order to drive the corresponding wiring, a preliminary wiring preliminarily provided for the wiring under a generation of a defect, a preliminary buffer provided in association with the preliminary wiring in order to drive the preliminary wiring, and a charge distributor for performing charge distribution between the wirings and the preliminary wiring.

Abstract: An array substrate, and method for repairing thereof, and display panel and apparatus comprising the same are provided. The array substrate includes a base, a plurality of signal lines, and at least one repair structure. The base has an active region and a peripheral region adjoining to the active region. The signal lines are disposed on the base. The repair structure, is disposed on the peripheral region, and has at least one first repair line and at least one second repair line. The second repair line has a first sub-line and a second sub-line. The first sub-line is located between the first repair line and the second sub-line.

Abstract: An LCD device having a backlight module, a display module and an adhesive layer is provided. The backlight module has an inner fringe for holding the display module. The display module sequentially includes a lower polarizer, a display panel and an upper polarizer. The edge of the upper surface of the display panel is exposed because the area of the upper polarizer is smaller than the area of the display panel. The adhesive layer has a first adhesive film and a second adhesive film. The display module is disposed on the inner fringe of the backlight module by using the adhesive layer wherein the first adhesive film is on the side wall of the backlight module and portion of the edge of the upper surface of the display panel, the second adhesive film is on the portion of the first adhesive film and the exposed edge of upper surface of the display panel.

Abstract: An array substrate including scan lines and data lines together defining pixel regions, common lines, and a defect is provided. At least one pixel region includes a storage capacitor having an upper electrode and a bottom electrode. Each said upper electrode is a portion of a pixel electrode. Said bottom electrode is a portion of one common line, and the defect is positioned in said storage capacitor. A cutting process is performed to divide said pixel electrode having said defect into a first portion and a second portion not connecting to each other, and to isolate a section of one of said common lines corresponding to the first portion from other portions of said common line. Said first portion of said pixel electrode is then electrically connected to one scan line, and said second portion is electrically connected to said other portions said common line corresponding to said second portion.

Abstract: A thin film panel is provided, which includes a first signal line and a second signal line crossing the first signal line and formed on a different layer from the first signal line. The second signal line includes an expansion having an enlarged area and at least one cutout, and is disposed adjacent to a crossing region where the second signal line crosses the first signal line.

Abstract: A display control apparatus that controls first and second modulation sections optically connected in series includes a storage unit and a control unit. The storage unit stores information to specify a defective pixel of the first modulation section. The control unit controls the second modulation section in response to a defect of the defective pixel being stored in the storage unit.

Abstract: A pixel structure includes a backup thin film transistor with a float gate electrode or a float drain electrode and a working thin film transistor. When the pixel of the working thin film transistor does not work, the backup thin film transistor replaces the working thin film transistor to drive the pixel. The method of repairing the pixel is to cut off the connection between the drain electrode of the working thin film transistor and the pixel electrode, and then to connect the main gate electrode or the drain electrode of the backup thin film transistor to the gate electrode or the drain electrode of the working thin film transistor, such that the backup thin film transistor can replace the working thin film transistor to drive the pixel electrode.

Abstract: A pixel structure is provided. The pixel structure includes a scan line, a gate, a first dielectric layer, a channel layer, a source, a drain, a data line, a second dielectric layer, and a pixel electrode. The gate is electrically connected to the scan line and has a first notch. The first dielectric layer covers the scan line and the gate. The channel layer is disposed on the first dielectric layer over the gate and exposed by the first notch. The source and the drain are disposed on the channel layer. Part of the drain is located over the first notch. The data line is disposed on the first dielectric layer and electrically connected to the source. The second dielectric layer covers the source, the drain and the data line. The pixel electrode is disposed on the second dielectric layer and electrically connected to the drain.

Abstract: An active matrix substrate comprises a TFT (4) in which a plurality of drain electrodes (16a and 16b) are provided for a single source electrode (6), and at least one of the drain electrodes is electrically connected to the pixel electrode (1) via the drain outgoing wire. The drain outgoing wire includes a first conductive pattern section comprising (i) a drain outgoing wire common section (7d) and drain outgoing branch sections (7a and 7b) each of which extends from said drain outgoing common section into each of said drain electrodes, and (ii) a correction connection electrode 9 which is partially overlapped with said branch sections of said first conductive pattern section via an insulating layer. The correction connection electrode 9 is electrically connectable to a plurality of said branch sections by being conducted to said branch sections through said insulating layer. This structure allows pixel defect correction within the pixel.

Abstract: A laser repair structure and method for TFT panel. A first metal conductor is located in the source-drain layer and having a contact hole to the pixel electrode, and the region of the first metal conductor is within the region of the storage capacitance line. To repair a white defect of a pixel, make extending portions of the first metal conductor to overlap with the gate line of the previous pixel so as to electrically connect them by the laser irradiation. Another choice is setting two second metal conductors located in the gate-electrode layer and partially overlapped with the data line and the first conductor separately, then using laser irradiation to electrically connect one second metal conductor to repair the white defect of a pixel or electrically connect two second metal conductors to repair an open-circuited data line.

Abstract: The invention provides a substrate for a display which can be easily repaired even when there are problems such as inter-layer shorting attributable to invasion of static electricity. The substrate has a first wiring section disposed in a display area thereof and formed so as to outwardly extend from the inside of the display area. The substrate also has a second wiring section formed such that it intersects the first wiring section outside the display area on the substrate with an insulation film interposed between them. The substrate further has an opening formed in the second wiring section at least in a region thereof overlapping the first wiring section intersecting the same. Further, the substrate has overlapping portions formed at two ends of the opening where the first and second wiring sections overlap each other with the insulation film interposed between them.

Abstract: A method for adjusting an amount of liquid crystal in a liquid crystal display (LCD) device includes injecting a liquid crystal into a liquid crystal receiving space. The liquid crystal receiving space is disposed between a first substrate, a second substrate that faces the first substrate, and a sealing member interposed between the first and second substrates. The method for adjusting an amount of liquid crystal in an LCD device further includes irradiating a light to a portion of the sealing member while varying an irradiating angle of the light so as to form a repair region at the sealing member that has a thickness smaller than that of the sealing member. The method for adjusting an amount of liquid crystal in an LCD device also comprises pressurizing the liquid crystal to form an opening in the repair region of the sealing member and discharge some of the liquid crystal from the liquid crystal receiving space through the opening formed in the repair region, and sealing the opening of the repair region.

Abstract: A display panel module, includes: a display panel having a light-transmitting section that can control a transmissive light amount; an illuminating device that can irradiate a light to the display panel; an illumination controller for controlling the drive of the illuminating device; a display panel controller for controlling the drive of the display panel; and a display mode controller that can control a normal display mode for displaying an image in accordance with image signals input from the outside and an inspection mode for inspecting the display panel. When the inspection mode is selected in the display mode controller, the display panel controller controls the drive of the display panel depending on inspection purposes. The illumination controller controls at least one of brightness, lighting timing and illumination color of the illuminating device depending on the inspection purposes.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device comprises: a first substrate including a first display area having a first side, a second side adjacent to the first side and third and fourth sides, and a first non-display area at the first and second sides of the first display area; a second substrate facing the first substrate and including a second display area corresponding to the first display area and having the first to the fourth sides, and a second non-display area at one of the third and the fourth sides of the second display area; a thin film transistor over an inner surface of the first substrate; a pixel electrode connected to the thin film transistor; a common electrode over an inner surface of the second substrate, the common electrode disposed in the second display area and the second non-display area; and a liquid crystal layer between the pixel electrode and the common electrode.

Abstract: An active matrix liquid crystal display device 10 of the present invention includes: a plurality of signal lines Y1, . . . Ym and scanning lines X1, . . . Xn, Xn+1, Xn+2 which are arranged in a matrix state on a substrate; switching transistors 14 arranged near the intersection of each of the signal lines and the scanning lines; and pixel electrodes that are severally arranged in positions surrounded by the signal lines and the scanning lines and connected to the switching transistors, in which the pixel electrode is made up of a pixel electrode for display 12(25) that contributes to display, which is provided in an effective display region, and a dummy pixel electrode 27 that does not contribute to display, which is provided in a non-effective display region, and the dummy pixel electrode has a smaller area than the area of the pixel electrode for display and a plurality of the dummy pixel electrodes are parallelly provided for each signal line.

Abstract: A method of repairing a flat panel display device including first and second substrates and at least one particle on one of the first and second substrates includes forming at least one recess on the other of the first and second substrate corresponding to the at least one particle, filling the at least recess with resin, and irradiating polarized ultraviolet light to the resin.

Abstract: Even when a protective film, an insulation film or the like is present above a film to be corrected, only a defect of the film to be corrected which is arranged below such an upper-layer film is corrected without damaging the upper-layer film. In a display device forming a display region where a plurality of films including an insulation film, a semiconductor film and a conductive film are patterned in a given pattern and stacked on a substrate, at a point of time that at least one correction portion out of a correction portion which separates a short-circuit defect, a correction portion which connects an opening defect, a correction portion which removes a standard deviation defect, and a correction portion which separates a standard deviation defect of the pattern is corrected, at least one upper-layer film is present above a film to be corrected at the correction portion and the correction is applied to the film to be corrected while leaving the upper-layer film as it is.

Abstract: A flat panel display device includes a display area where pixel cells are defined by each of a plurality of data signal lines and a plurality of gate signal lines, and a plurality of inspection signal lines for inspecting line defects in the data signal lines and the gate signal lines of the display area include a connecting part in which a divided signal line overlaps underlying inspection signal lines with an insulating film therebetween.

Abstract: A display substrate includes a plurality of gate lines, a plurality of data lines, a gate signal-inputting unit, a first test unit, and a first dummy switching unit. The gate lines extend in a first direction. The data lines extend in a second direction intersected with the first direction. The gate signal-inputting unit is formed at a first end of each of the gate lines to apply gate signals to the gate lines. The first test unit is formed at a second end of each of the gate lines opposite to the first end applying a first test signal to the gate lines. The first dummy switching unit is formed between the gate signal-inputting unit and the first test unit and transferring the first test signal to the gate lines.

Abstract: A pixel structure is provided. The pixel structure includes a scan line, a gate, a first dielectric layer, a channel layer, a source, a drain, a data line, a second dielectric layer, and a pixel electrode. The gate is electrically connected to the scan line and has a first notch. The first dielectric layer covers the scan line and the gate. The channel layer is disposed on the first dielectric layer over the gate and exposed by the first notch. The source and the drain are disposed on the channel layer. Part of the drain is located over the first notch. The data line is disposed on the first dielectric layer and electrically connected to the source. The second dielectric layer covers the source, the drain and the data line. The pixel electrode is disposed on the second dielectric layer and electrically connected to the drain.

Abstract: A thin film transistor (TFT) array panel, a liquid crystal display (LCD), and a method of repairing a TFT array panel with a defective pixel is disclosed. When a white defect occurs such that a pixel is always in a white state, a corresponding pixel electrode is supplied with the predetermined voltage applied to a corresponding storage electrode line so that the pixel becomes permanently dark, which may not be easily detected. The connection between the pixel electrode and the storage electrode line is provided by illuminating a laser beam from a common electrode panel through a contact hole in the TFT array panel to electrically couple the storage electrode and the pixel electrode. Advantageously, a backlight unit or chassis does not need to be separated or disassembled from the LCD when repairing the defect. Furthermore, the color filter stripes and the light blocking member are not damaged, thereby improving the reliability of the repair.

Abstract: An array substrate including scan lines and data lines together defining pixel regions, common lines, and a defect is provided. At least one pixel region includes a storage capacitor having an upper electrode and a bottom electrode. Each said upper electrode is a portion of a pixel electrode. Said bottom electrode is a portion of one common line, and the defect is positioned in said storage capacitor. A cutting process is performed to divide said pixel electrode having said defect into a first portion and a second portion not connecting to each other, and to isolate a section of one of said common lines corresponding to the first portion from other portions of said common line. Said first portion of said pixel electrode is then electrically connected to one scan line, and said second portion is electrically connected to said other portions said common line corresponding to said second portion.

Abstract: A stacked storage capacitor structure for use in each pixel of a TFT-LCD, wherein a first storage capacitor is formed by a first metal layer, a gate insulator layer and a second metal layer. The second capacitor is formed by the second metal layer, a passivation insulator layer and an ITO layer. The first metal layer and the ITO layer are joined together through a via hole which is etched in one insulator etching step during the overall fabrication process through both the gate insulator and the passivation insulator layers. As such, the two capacitors are connected in parallel in a stacked configuration. With the stacked storage capacitor structure, the charge storage capacity is increased without significantly affecting the aperture ratio of a pixel. The ITO and the pixel electrode can be different parts of an indium tine oxide layer deposited on the passivation insulator layer.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display apparatus, includes a liquid crystal display panel including a first substrate provided on a display light receiving side, and a second substrate provided on a display light exiting side so as to oppose the first substrate with a liquid crystal material interposed therebetween, the liquid crystal display panel having a bright dot defect portion therein, wherein: the first substrate includes a light-blocking portion formed in a region thereof corresponding to the bright dot defect portion; and the second substrate includes a light-collecting portion formed in a region thereof corresponding to the bright dot defect portion.

Abstract: An active matrix substrate facilitates correction of a pixel defect and a pixel defect correcting method. A laser target portion of a drain electrode extension portion is irradiated with laser light so as electrically disconnect a TFT from a subpixel electrode. Laser target portions are irradiated with laser light so as to melt an insulating layer, thereby establishing electrical connection between a drain electrode extension portion and a corrective connecting electrode and between a data signal line (13(m+1)) and the corrective connecting electrode. Laser target portions are irradiated with laser light, thereby establishing electrical connection between a drain electrode extension portion of a pixel P(n+1, m) and a corrective connecting electrode and between the data signal line (13(m+1)) and the corrective connecting electrode.

Abstract: A tiled display structure is formed containing a plurality of image tiles. A method for assembling a tiled display structure that includes a transparent front panel and a plurality of image tiles is disclosed. The method includes the steps of: (1) heating a heat activated adhesive to a working temperature; (2) applying the softened adhesive to the front surface of the display section of an image tile, or the inner surface of the transparent front panel; (3) aligning the surface of the display section of the image tile with the inner surface of the transparent front panel; (4) cooling the adhesive. Another aspect of the invention is a modular method of repairing a tiled display structure, which includes a transparent front panel, a heat activated adhesive, and a plurality of image tiles.