Patent ID: 8488093
Filing Date: 2013-07-16
Classification: G02F

Abstract:
1. An array substrate for a liquid crystal display (LCD), comprising: gate lines crossing data lines on a transparent substrate to define pixel areas; thin film transistors connected to the gate lines and the data lines; pixel electrodes overlapping the gate and data lines, one pixel electrode being connected to one of the thin film transistors through a contact hole, and stretched over two adjacent pixel areas, wherein an electric field parallel to the transparent substrate is formed between the pixel electrode connected to one of the thin film transistors and another pixel electrode being connected to a neighboring thin film transistor, wherein each pixel electrode comprises a vertical part parallel with and overlapping the data line and a plurality of horizontal parts extended from the vertical part to the two adjacent pixel areas, and wherein the horizontal parts of the one pixel electrode and the horizontal parts of the another pixel electrode are alternately arranged in one of the two adjacent pixel areas; and storage electrodes overlapping the gate line, the storage electrodes being connected to one of the pixel electrodes through a contact hole, wherein the storage electrodes maintain intensity of the electric field formed by the pixel electrodes at a level equal to or higher than a predetermined level.