Patent ID: 7889304

Claim:
A liquid crystal display device, comprising: a data line crossing a gate line on a substrate to define a pixel area; an insulating film between the gate line and the data line; a thin film transistor having a gate electrode, a drain electrode, and a source electrode, and connected to the gate line and the data line; a plurality of pixel electrodes connected to the thin film transistor in the pixel area; a plurality of common electrodes substantially parallel to the pixel electrodes in the pixel area; a common line connected to the common electrodes; a pad connected to at least one of the gate line, the data line and the common line; and a storage capacitor provided such that a pixel connecting line extending from the drain electrode of the thin film transistor overlaps with a portion of the common line with the insulating film therebetween, wherein the gate line, the gate electrode, the pixel electrodes, the common electrodes, the common line, and the pad include a transparent conductive layer, wherein at least a first of the common electrodes has a multiple-layer structure having a transparent conductive layer and a substantially opaque conductive layer.