Patent ID: 8634035

Claim:
A liquid crystal display device, comprising: a pixel region including a first location and a second location, the pixel region being defined by a gate line and a data line crossing each other; a pixel electrode on a first substrate at the second location; a thin film transistor on the first substrate at the first location, the thin film transistor including a gate electrode, a semiconductor layer insulated from the gate electrode, and a source electrode and a drain electrode electrically connected to the semiconductor layer; a storage line on the first substrate in the pixel region, the storage line including a first portion at the first location extending in a direction parallel to the gate line, and a second portion at the second location, the second portion being split from the first portion in a direction toward the pixel electrode and extending in a direction parallel to the data line; a common electrode corresponding to the pixel region on a second substrate combined with the first substrate to accommodate a liquid crystal layer; an opening in at least a portion of the common electrode corresponding to the pixel electrode; the drain electrode of the thin film transistor including a first region overlapping the first portion of the storage line and a second region overlapping the second portion of the storage line; and the second portion of the storage line and the second region of the drain electrode extending to correspond to the opening and to overlap the opening, wherein the common electrode overlaps a contact region between the pixel electrode and the drain electrode.