Patent ID: 7859616

Claim:
A liquid crystal display apparatus comprising: an array substrate including: a transparent substrate; a plurality of pixel electrodes arranged in a matrix shape; a plurality of switching devices including gate, drain and source electrodes, the drain electrodes of the switching devices being electrically connected to the pixel electrodes, respectively; a data line disposed under a region between the pixel electrodes, the data line being electrically connected to the source electrode, the data line having a first portion having a first width and a second portion having a second width greater and the first width; a gate line being electrically connected to the gate electrode to turn on/off the switching devices; and a light blocking pattern disposed on the transparent substrate, the light blocking pattern overlapping at least a portion of the pixel electrodes neighboring each other and at least a portion of the data line, the light blocking pattern being disposed between the data line and the transparent substrate; a color filter substrate comprising a plurality of color filters; and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the array substrate and the color filter substrate, wherein the first portion is overlapped with the light blocking pattern, and the second portion is adjacent to the switching device and the gate line.