Patent ID: 7639333

Claim:
A display panel comprising: a substrate; a plurality of gate lines disposed on the substrate; a plurality of data lines perpendicular to the gate lines; a plurality of thin film transistors connected to the gate lines and the data lines; and a plurality of pixel electrodes connected to the thin film transistors, wherein each of the pixel electrodes comprises: a pair of first primary edges parallel to the gate line and facing each other; a pair of second primary edges connected to the first primary edges and facing each other and comprises a plurality of protrusions each having a sawteeth shape with slanted edges; and a plurality of cutout portions which have a slanted angle with respect to the first primary edges, wherein the slanted edges of each of the protrusions comprises a first edge which is not parallel to one of the cutout portions and a second edge which is parallel to one of the cutout portions, and wherein an angle formed by the first edge and the second edge of each of the protusions is about 45° or less.