Liquid crystal display and method of fabricating the same having particular data signal transmission lines

Abstract

A liquid crystal display includes gate lines, data lines intersecting with the gate lines to define sub-pixels, and a transmission part including transmission lines connected with the data lines to transmit data signals, where at least one pair of the transmission lines are arranged to cross each other, some of the transmission lines cross each other so that a sequence of data signals applied to the data lines can be changed, any of the transmission lines is opened at a crossing point of the transmission lines and the opened portion is connected by a separate conductor, thereby insulating the transmission lines crossing each other from each other, and an additional process for connecting the opened portion is not needed, thereby simplifying a fabrication process for the liquid crystal display.

1. A liquid crystal display comprising:
 a plurality of gate lines formed on a substrate;   a plurality of data lines formed on the substrate and intersecting with the gate lines to define a plurality of sub-pixels; and   a transmission part including a plurality of transmission lines connected with the data lines to transmit a data signal, at least one pair of the transmission lines being arranged to cross each other.   
     
     
       2. The liquid crystal display of  claim 1 , wherein the transmission part comprises a first transmission part including at least one pair of the transmission lines crossing each other and a second transmission part including at least one pair of the transmission lines that do not cross each other. 
     
     
       3. The liquid crystal display of  claim 2 , wherein the sub-pixels comprise two or more sub-pixels constituting a main pixel, and the first transmission part and the second transmission part are alternatively arranged in each main pixel in a gate line direction. 
     
     
       4. The liquid crystal display of  claim 3 , further comprising a passivation layer covering the data lines and the transmission part, and a pixel electrode on the passivation layer corresponding to each sub-pixel. 
     
     
       5. The liquid crystal display of  claim 4 , wherein any of one pair of the transmission lines of the first transmission part is partially opened at a crossing point of the transmission lines, further comprising a first conductor connecting the opened portion on the passivation layer. 
     
     
       6. The liquid crystal display of  claim 5 , wherein the first conductor comprises a same material as that of the pixel electrode. 
     
     
       7. The liquid crystal display of  claim 5 , wherein any of one pair of the transmission lines of the second transmission part is partially opened at not a crossing point of the transmission lines, further comprising a second conductor connecting the opened portion on the passivation layer. 
     
     
       8. The liquid crystal display of  claim 7 , wherein the first conductor has a same resistance value as that of the second conductor. 
     
     
       9. The liquid crystal display of  claim 7 , wherein the first and second conductors comprise a same material as that of the pixel electrode. 
     
     
       10. The liquid crystal display of  claim 3 , further comprising a data driver generating data signals, wherein the data signals are applied to the data lines in a changed sequence by the transmission lines crossing each other. 
     
     
       11. The liquid crystal display of  claim 10 , wherein the main pixel comprises 1 by 4 sub-pixels arranged in the gate line direction. 
     
     
       12. The liquid crystal display of  claim 10 , wherein the main pixel comprises 2 by 2 sub-pixels arranged in the gate line direction and a data line direction. 
     
     
       13. The liquid crystal display of  claim 10 , wherein the main pixel comprises the four sub-pixels expressing red, green, blue and white colors, respectively. 
     
     
       14. A method of fabricating a liquid crystal display, the method comprising:
 forming a plurality of gate lines on a substrate;   forming a plurality of data lines crossing the gate lines on the substrate; and   forming a plurality of transmission line connected with the data lines, at least one pair of the transmission lines being arranged to cross each other.   
     
     
       15. The method of  claim 14 , wherein the transmission lines comprise at least one pair of transmission lines crossing each other and at least one pair of transmission lines that do not cross each other. 
     
     
       16. The method of  claim 14 , wherein the data lines and the transmission lines are substantially simultaneously formed by depositing and patterning a metal film. 
     
     
       17. The method of  claim 16 , further comprising:
 forming an insulating layer on the data lines and the transmission lines;   depositing a transparent conductive layer on the insulating layer; and   patterning the deposited transparent conductive layer to form a pixel electrode.   
     
     
       18. The method of  claim 17 , wherein the metal film is patterned so any of one pair of the transmission lines crossing each other is partially opened at a crossing point of the pair of the transmission lines, and the transparent conductive layer is patterned so the opened portion is connected. 
     
     
       19. The method of  claim 18 , wherein the transparent conductive layer is substantially simultaneously patterned when the pixel electrode is formed. 
     
     
       20. The method of  claim 19 , wherein the metal film is patterned so any of one pair of the transmission lines that do not cross each other is partially opened, and the transparent conductive layer is substantially simultaneously patterned when the pixel electrode is formed to connect the opened portion. 
     
     
       21. A display device comprising:
 a plurality of gate lines disposed on a substrate, wherein the plurality of gate lines extend in a first direction;   a plurality of data lines which extends in a second direction and crosses the plurality of gate lines;   a plurality of main pixels, each main pixel of the plurality of main pixels comprising four sub-pixels;   a first transmission part which receives first input signals from a data driver, wherein the first input signals have a first data order wherein a first input data, a second input data, a third input data and a fourth input data are sequentially disposed along the first direction, wherein the first transmission part changes the first data order of the first input signals into a second data order wherein the second input data, the first input data, the fourth input data and the third input data are sequentially disposed along the first direction, and wherein the first transmission part transmits signals having the second data order into the plurality of data lines; and   a second transmission part which receives second input signals from the data driver and transmits the second input signals as received by the second transmission part into the plurality of data lines,   wherein the first transmission part and the second transmission part are repetitively arranged in the first direction with respect to each main pixel.   
     
     
       22. The display device of claim 21, wherein the second input signals have a third data order wherein a fifth input data, a sixth input data, a seventh input data and an eighth input data are sequentially disposed along the first direction, wherein the second transmission part transmits the second input signals having the third data order into the plurality of data lines. 
     
     
       23. The display device of claim 21, wherein the plurality of main pixels comprises a first main pixel connected to the first transmission part and a second main pixel connected to the second transmission part. 
     
     
       24. The display device of claim 23, wherein a polarity of the first main pixel and a polarity of the second main pixel have a symmetric polarity structure with each other along the second direction. 
     
     
       25. The display device of claim 24, wherein a polarity sequence of sub-pixels in the first main pixel and the second main pixel comprises (+)(−)(+)(−)(−)(+)(−)(+) in a first frame. 
     
     
       26. The display device of claim 25, wherein a polarity sequence of sub-pixels in the first main pixel and the second main pixel comprises (−)(+)(−)(+)(+)(−)(+)(−) in a frame which is subsequent to the first frame. 
     
     
       27. The display device of claim 25, wherein each main pixel includes four sub-pixels,
 wherein each sub-pixel of the four sub-pixels of each main pixel comprises one of a first color, a second color, a third color, and a fourth color,   wherein each sub-pixel of the four sub-pixels of each the main pixel has a different color, and   wherein the first color, the second color, the third color and the fourth color are different from one another.   
     
     
       28. The display device of claim 27, wherein the first main pixel and the second main pixel are repetitively arranged in the first direction corresponding to the first transmission part and the second transmission part. 
     
     
       29. The display device of claim 28, wherein a first sub-pixel of the first main pixel has the first color and a first sub-pixel of the second main pixel has the first color, and
 wherein a polarity of the first sub-pixel of the first main pixel and a polarity of the first sub-pixel of the second main pixel are different from each other.   
     
     
       30. The display device of claim 29, wherein each main pixel of the plurality of main pixels comprises four sub-pixels arranged in the first direction. 
     
     
       31. The display device of claim 30, wherein the first transmission part comprises a first transmission line and a second transmission line,
 wherein the first transmission line is one of a pair of transmission lines which cross each other, and second transmission line is one of a pair of transmission lines which do not cross each other, and   wherein the first transmission line has a width which is different from a width of the second transmission line.   
     
     
       32. The display device of claim 23, wherein a first sub-pixel of the first main pixel has a first color and a first sub-pixel of the second main pixel has the first color, and
 wherein a polarity of the first sub-pixel of the first main pixel and a polarity of the first sub-pixel of the second main pixel are different from each other.   
     
     
       33. The display device of claim 32, wherein each main pixel of the plurality of main pixels comprises four sub-pixels arranged in the first direction. 
     
     
       34. The display device of claim 33, wherein a plurality of sub-pixels arranged in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction have a same color. 
     
     
       35. The display device of claim 33, wherein adjacent sub-pixels of the plurality of sub-pixels arranged in the second direction have different polarities from each other. 
     
     
       36. The display device of claim 21, wherein the plurality of gate lines comprise at least one of chromium, aluminum, copper, molybdenum and alloys thereof. 
     
     
       37. The display device of claim 36, wherein the plurality of gate lines comprise a multi-layered structure including at least two metal layers, and wherein at least two of the at least two metal layers have different physical properties from each other. 
     
     
       38. The display device of claim 37, wherein the plurality of data lines comprise a multi-layered structure including at least two metal layers, and wherein at least two of the at least two metal layers have different physical properties from each other. 
     
     
       39. The display device of claim 38, wherein the plurality of data lines comprise at least one of chromium, aluminum, copper, molybdenum and alloys thereof.