Electrostatic discharge protection structure and thin film transistor substrate including the same
First Claim
1. An electrostatic discharge protection structure positioned on a thin film transistor substrate including a transparent insulating substrate, a plurality of scan lines, a plurality of data lines, a plurality of storage capacitor lines, a plurality of thin film transistors, and a plurality of pixel electrodes on pixel regions defined by the scan lines and the data lines, comprising:
- a short ring formed on the transparent insulating substrate for surrounding a display region comprising the pixel electrodes and the thin film transistors;
a plurality of switching elements disposed between the display region and the short ring corresponding to the scan lines and the data lines, at least one of which is turned on to electrically connect the short ring and the scan lines and the data lines for introducing electrostatic charges to the short ring when a specific amount of electrostatic charges accumulate on the scan lines and the data lines;
a conducting wire electrically connecting one of the storage capacitor lines and the short ring; and
a floating conductive pattern crossing over and not contacting the conducting wire, thereby assisting the electrostatic charges in distributing in the floating conductive pattern.
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Abstract
An electrostatic discharge protection structure contains a short ring surrounding a display region comprising pixel electrodes and thin film transistors, a plurality of switching elements disposed between the display region and the short ring corresponding to the scan lines and data lines, at least one of which is turned on to electrically connect the short ring and the scan lines and the data lines for introducing electrostatic charges to the short ring when a specific amount of electrostatic charges accumulate on the scan lines and the data lines, a conducting wire electrically connecting a storage capacitor line and the short ring, and a floating conductive pattern crossing over and not contacting the conducting wire, thereby assisting the electrostatic charges in distributing in the floating conductive pattern. Thus, an electrostatic discharge protection can be performed efficiently without increasing the substrate size.
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16 Claims
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1. An electrostatic discharge protection structure positioned on a thin film transistor substrate including a transparent insulating substrate, a plurality of scan lines, a plurality of data lines, a plurality of storage capacitor lines, a plurality of thin film transistors, and a plurality of pixel electrodes on pixel regions defined by the scan lines and the data lines, comprising:
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a short ring formed on the transparent insulating substrate for surrounding a display region comprising the pixel electrodes and the thin film transistors;
a plurality of switching elements disposed between the display region and the short ring corresponding to the scan lines and the data lines, at least one of which is turned on to electrically connect the short ring and the scan lines and the data lines for introducing electrostatic charges to the short ring when a specific amount of electrostatic charges accumulate on the scan lines and the data lines;
a conducting wire electrically connecting one of the storage capacitor lines and the short ring; and
a floating conductive pattern crossing over and not contacting the conducting wire, thereby assisting the electrostatic charges in distributing in the floating conductive pattern. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A thin film transistor substrate, comprising:
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a transparent insulating substrate;
a plurality of scan lines formed on the transparent insulating substrate, a plurality of scan lines formed on the transparent insulating substrate and intersecting the scan lines respectively;
a plurality of thin film transistors formed on the transparent insulating substrate, wherein, each thin film transistor comprises a gate, a channel, a source, and a drain, and the gates are electrically connected to the scan lines and the source are electrically connected to the data lines;
a plurality of pixel electrodes formed in a plurality of pixel regions defined by the scan lines and the data lines;
a plurality of storage capacitor lines formed on the transparent insulating substrate such that a plurality of storage capacitors are formed with the storage capacitor lines and the pixel electrodes with an insulating layer therebetween;
a short ring formed on the transparent insulating substrate for surrounding a display region comprising the pixel electrodes and the thin film transistors;
a plurality of switching elements disposed between the display region and the short ring corresponding to the scan lines and data lines, at least one of which is turned on to electrically connect the short ring and the scan lines and the data lines for introducing electrostatic charges to the short ring when a specific amount of electrostatic charges accumulate on the scan lines and the data lines;
a conducting wire electrically connecting one of the storage capacitor lines and the short ring; and
a floating conductive pattern crossing over and not contacting the conducting wire, thereby assisting the electrostatic charges in distributing in the floating conductive pattern. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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