An electronic device has a display substrate including a display area, a driver area, and a fan-out area. The fan-out area has interconnects providing electrical accesses to display elements of the display area. The device has a driver chip disposed on the driver area. The driver chip includes a first edge adjacent to the display area and multiple pad groups, each pad group including a respective row of electronic pads that is (i) arranged substantially in parallel with the first edge and (ii) electrically coupled to a respective subset of display elements via respective interconnects routed on a respective region of the fan-out area. The pad groups include a first pad group and a second pad group. The first and second pad groups have two different distances from the first edge and correspond to two different subsets of interconnects routed on two non-overlapping regions of the fan-out area.

An electro-optical device includes: a liquid crystal panel; a particle aligned type anisotropic conductive film having a plurality of electrically conductive particles that are arranged in a state of being aligned along a first direction and a second direction intersecting with the first direction; and a printed circuit board coupled to a connection terminal portion of the liquid crystal panel via the particle aligned type anisotropic conductive film, wherein the connection terminal portion includes a plurality of connection terminals, a plurality of recessed portions that are arranged in a state of being aligned along a third direction and a fourth direction intersecting with the third direction are formed on a surface of the connection terminal, and at least one of the first direction and the second direction along which the electrically conductive particles are arranged is different in arrangement direction from both the third direction and the fourth direction.

An array substrate including a substrate, a plurality of fan-out traces and a plurality of bonding terminals. The substrate includes a display area and a non-display area surrounding the display area. The fan-out traces and the bonding terminals are disposed in the non-display area. The bonding terminals are spaced apart from each other. First ends of the fan-out traces are respectively electrically connected to the bonding terminals. Second ends of the fan-out traces are electrically connected to the display area. The fan-out traces include a plurality of first fan-out traces and a plurality of second fan-out traces. The first fan-out traces are formed by a first metal layer. The second fan-out traces are formed by a second metal layer. An insulating layer is provided between the first metal layer and the second metal layer. The first fan-out traces and the second fan-out traces are partially overlapped.

According to one embodiment, a display device includes a first substrate including a first insulative substrate, an outer peripheral wiring formed above the first insulative substrate, an insulation film disposed on the outer peripheral wiring, a pixel electrode formed on the insulation film in an active area for displaying an image, and a first bank formed in a line shape on the insulation film in a peripheral area surrounding the active area, a second substrate including at least a second insulative substrate, and a sealant which is provided in a manner to envelop the first bank, and which attaches the first substrate and the second substrate.

A display may have an array of pixels arranged in rows and columns. Display driver circuitry may be provided along an edge of the display. Data lines that are associated with columns of the pixels may be used to distribute data from the display driver circuitry to the pixels. Gate lines in the display may each have a horizontal straight portion that extends along a respective row of the pixels and may each have one or more non-horizontal segments such as zigzag segments. The non-horizontal portion of each gate line may be connected to the horizontal straight portion of the gate line by a via. The non-horizontal portions may each have portions that are overlapped by portions of the data lines. Dummy gate line structures may be provided on the display that are not coupled to any of the pixels in the display.

A display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a display layer, and a driving unit. The first substrate has a display area, an extended area, and an edge area located between the display area and the extended area. The display layer is positioned between the first and second substrates. The length of a boundary line of the edge area and the extended area is greater than the length of a bottom edge of the extended area that away from the edge area.

An electro-optical device includes a liquid crystal panel, and a printed circuit board that is electrically coupled to a terminal portion of the liquid crystal panel by electrically conductive particles arranged in a state of being aligned as viewed in plan view, wherein the terminal portion has a plurality of panel terminals arranged along a first direction extending along one side of the liquid crystal panel, the panel terminal has a long side extending along a second direction obliquely intersecting with the first direction and a short side extending along a direction intersecting with the second direction, and an arrangement direction of the electrically conductive particles is arranged along a third direction intersecting with the second direction.

An inspection circuit is properly protected in a display device, in which a driver IC is not on a terminal area. A liquid crystal display device includes a TFT substrate including a display area, in which video signal lines are formed, and a terminal area. A counter substrate overlaps with the display area of the TFT substrate. The counter substrate and the TFT substrate are adhered by a seal material, and the display area is formed in an area surrounded by the seal material. The flexible wiring circuit substrate connects to the terminal area. The driver IC, which supplies video signals to the video signal lines, is not installed in the terminal area. An inspection circuit is formed between the display area and the terminal area, and the inspection circuit overlaps with the counter substrate in a plan view.

A liquid crystal panel includes a TFT array substrate and a color filter substrate that includes a transparent conductive film (CF transparent conductive film) formed on a surface thereof. The TFT array substrate includes ground wiring that is connected to the CF transparent conductive film and supplies the CF transparent conductive film with a ground potential and CF ground checking wiring that is connected to the transparent conductive film independently of the ground wiring. The CF ground checking wiring extends along an outermost periphery portion on at least one side of the TFT array substrate.

A display device includes a switching element having a pixel connection portion, a first insulating film having a first pixel contact hole formed therein so as to be in a place overlapping at least a part of the pixel connection portion, a common line, an intermediate electrode composed of the same conducting film as the common line, disposed to overlap the first pixel contact hole, and connected to the pixel connection portion, a common electrode not connected to the intermediate electrode but connected to the common line, a second insulating film having a second pixel contact hole formed therein so as to be in a place overlapping at least a part of the intermediate electrode, and a pixel electrode disposed so that at least a part of the pixel electrode overlaps the second pixel contact hole.