Patent ID: 8169579

Claim:
A liquid crystal display (LCD) comprising: a first insulating substrate; a gate line formed over the first insulating substrate; a common electrode insulated from the gate line; a first insulating film formed over the gate line and the common electrode; a data line formed over the first insulating film, the data line crossing over the gate line, the data line being bent in a zigzag manner; a second insulating film formed over the data line; a pixel electrode formed over the second insulating film and comprising a plurality of subpixel electrodes substantially parallel to the data line, the pixel electrode comprising a connecting electrode interconnecting the subpixel electrodes; a shielding electrode formed over the second insulating film to overlie the data line; a second insulating substrate which faces the first insulating substrate; and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first insulating substrate and the second insulating substrate; and wherein at least one end of each of the subpixel electrodes has a side slanted at a greater angle to a direction perpendicular to the gate line than the data line's portion adjacent to said each of the subpixel electrodes.