Patent ID: 7612863

Claim:
An array substrate comprising: a base substrate; a plurality of gate lines provided over the base substrate and separated from each other by a first interval; a plurality of data lines provided over the base substrate, insulated from the gate lines while crossing the gate lines, and separated from each other by a second interval larger than the first interval, thereby defining a plurality of pixel areas; and a plurality of pixel units aligned correspondingly to the pixel areas, each pixel unit comprising: a switching device electrically connected to a corresponding present gate line and a corresponding present data line; a pixel electrode electrically connected to an output electrode of the switching device; a storage line which is provided on the base substrate to receive a common voltage, wherein the storage line is overlapped with an edge portion of the pixel electrode; and a repair electrode branching from a previous gate line such that the repair electrode is partially overlapped with the pixel electrode, wherein the output electrode comprises an extension portion that extends along at least two lateral sides of the pixel electrode and that is fully overlapped with the pixel electrode and wherein the extension portion of the output electrode is bent in parallel to the present gate line and extends along the edge portion of the pixel electrode so as to be fully overlapped with the pixel electrode, and further wherein one end part of the extension portion is separated from the storage line by a predetermined interval at the edge portion, and the repair electrode is interposed between the one end part of the extension portion and the storage line at the edge portion.